飛人喬丹的勵(lì)志演講

飛人喬丹的勵(lì)志演講

　　喬丹名人堂演講中文版：

　　謝謝…….謝謝……我告訴過(guò)我的朋友，我會(huì)出現(xiàn)在領(lǐng)獎(jiǎng)臺(tái)上說(shuō)完謝謝就轉(zhuǎn)身離開。但是，我不能。我需要感謝很多人。我還要感謝今天的直播，你們不會(huì)只看到我，還會(huì)有許多熟悉的面孔。在過(guò)去的四周里，我收到了很多的問(wèn)題。他們問(wèn)：“你為什么會(huì)選擇David Thompson?”我知道其中的原因David也知道，可能你們都不知道。我從小在北卡羅來(lái)納州長(zhǎng)大，當(dāng)我11歲的時(shí)候，大概是1974年，David 奪得了NBA總冠軍。我是不支持北卡的，但是我被David Thompson所折服，不僅僅是因?yàn)榛@球本身，而是因?yàn)樗谄渲斜憩F(xiàn)出的(態(tài)度與意志)，我們都經(jīng)歷了許多的考驗(yàn)與磨難，他做到了，這深深地激勵(lì)了我。當(dāng)我邀請(qǐng)他做我的主持人的時(shí)候，我知道我緊張透了，但是他非常高興地答應(yīng)了。

　　我內(nèi)心深處一直是北卡的成員，他們都知道我是一名真正屬于北卡藍(lán)的人。Smith 教練，Larry Brown，Sam Perkins，James Worthy，他們都知道。這一切都源自于我的父母。我的生涯集錦隨處可見，還有什么關(guān)于我的事是你們不知道的?當(dāng)我今天看到其他人發(fā)言的時(shí)候，當(dāng)他們講述他們的時(shí)候，我發(fā)現(xiàn)關(guān)于Jerry Sloan的很多事是我所不知道的。我們總是打電話，但是我從來(lái)不知道他小學(xué)一年級(jí)到八年級(jí)的故事。即便是David Robinson，我認(rèn)識(shí)他已經(jīng)很久了，但是從他的演講中我也知道了很多事，好的壞的都有。我也知道了關(guān)于Chipson的事，我父母以前也經(jīng)常談?wù)摰剿?，但是有什么關(guān)于我的事是你們都不知道的?

　　我有兩個(gè)兄弟，James and Larry，身高五尺四寸和五尺五寸半，他們給予了我所能要的一切。作為兄弟，我們從小就互相競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。我的哥哥Larry總是和我爭(zhēng)小東西，而我每次都爭(zhēng)不過(guò)他。母親這時(shí)候就會(huì)叫我們進(jìn)屋，因?yàn)槲覀儬?zhēng)斗的太激烈了。我大哥總是不在家，因?yàn)樗?dāng)兵，一當(dāng)就是31年。我體內(nèi)的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)意識(shí)的源泉還遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不止這些。我的妹妹，她比我小一歲，不喜歡一個(gè)人在家。她參加了許多額外的課程，最終和我同一年畢業(yè)。之后我們都去了北卡羅來(lái)納大學(xué)，卻比我早一年畢業(yè)。你們問(wèn)我體內(nèi)的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)意識(shí)，競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的本能源自何處，這就是答案。(它還來(lái)自)我的姐姐，她今天沒(méi)有出席，我的父親，雖然他已經(jīng)不在了，但是他的精神一直陪伴著我。我的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)意識(shí)從我第一天從事體育運(yùn)動(dòng)就開始萌發(fā)，任何運(yùn)動(dòng)，棒球，橄欖球，籃球，你們所能列舉過(guò)得運(yùn)動(dòng)我都參加過(guò)。

　　他們點(diǎn)燃了我心中的火焰，從我的父母開始，隨著我的職業(yè)生涯的發(fā)展，這股火焰更加旺盛。比如史密斯教練—我該對(duì)他說(shuō)些什么呢?他是一個(gè)有著傳奇色彩的教練。Lerold Smiths，你們可能都不了解他，他就是當(dāng)年我被踢掉的時(shí)候進(jìn)校隊(duì)的人。他今天也在現(xiàn)場(chǎng)，他還是六尺七寸那么高，一點(diǎn)也沒(méi)長(zhǎng)高，水平也和以前差不多。但就是他點(diǎn)起了我心中的火焰—為什么他可以進(jìn)校隊(duì)而我不能，我要證明—不僅僅是針對(duì)我自己或者他，我要向教練證明你做出了一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤的選擇

　　現(xiàn)在我想談?wù)凴obert Peterson，我的室友，當(dāng)時(shí)我只知道他是北卡年度的最佳球員。但是他從來(lái)沒(méi)和我比賽過(guò)。這樣怎么可以成為最佳球員。我想可能是因?yàn)槊襟w的宣傳和長(zhǎng)期的曝光度。我們就像兩個(gè)互不關(guān)聯(lián)的頻道—ABC和NBC，從小到大我都沒(méi)在那兩個(gè)臺(tái)看過(guò)NBA比賽，在北卡沒(méi)有CBS接收裝置。于是Peterson成為了我的目標(biāo)，當(dāng)我有機(jī)會(huì)在球場(chǎng)上見到Peterson，好勝的天性使我渴望打敗他。當(dāng)然他本人還是不錯(cuò)的，但是我不認(rèn)為他可以打敗我。后來(lái)，他成為了我的室友。從那一刻起，他就是我競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的目標(biāo)，當(dāng)然這一切他都不知道，當(dāng)然后來(lái)他知道了。史密斯教練，在選拔人員的那一天，他挑了4名先發(fā)，但是卻沒(méi)有我的名字，這使我火冒三丈。我認(rèn)為我有資格成為先發(fā)。當(dāng)然他有他的理由，他認(rèn)為我是一個(gè)新人，沒(méi)有什么經(jīng)驗(yàn)，這一切我完全理解。但是從一名籃球運(yùn)動(dòng)員的角度看，我有資格成為先發(fā)。

　　伴隨著我的職業(yè)生涯，這種競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的意識(shí)始終陪伴著我。我很榮幸成為公牛隊(duì)的一員。那時(shí)球隊(duì)老板還不是杰瑞 勞恩斯多夫，而是另一群管理層：拉夫在選秀時(shí)選了我，凱文拉齊是我的第一個(gè)教練。凱文在訓(xùn)練時(shí)把我放在先發(fā)球員里，他為了讓訓(xùn)練更有競(jìng)爭(zhēng)性，會(huì)罰訓(xùn)練賽輸?shù)舻囊魂?duì)去跑步。剛開始我們這隊(duì)領(lǐng)先，但是半場(chǎng)的時(shí)候，凱文把我換到了落后的那一邊。我想，凱文你想試試我對(duì)嗎?所以我很感謝凱文給我機(jī)會(huì)去競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。他讓我的求勝欲望更加強(qiáng)烈。我把這個(gè)當(dāng)做激勵(lì)我的動(dòng)力，我知道這是為了歷練我，而往往10次里面有9次second team會(huì)取得勝利。

　　杰瑞 勞恩斯多夫——我能說(shuō)他什么好呢?第二年我打了七場(chǎng)就傷了腳，康復(fù)之后我很想打球，然后杰瑞和一幫隊(duì)醫(yī)就頭頭是道的說(shuō)我每半場(chǎng)只能打七分鐘之類的理論—— 雖然我每天都要訓(xùn)練兩小時(shí)——我可不管這些算數(shù)上的問(wèn)題。當(dāng)時(shí)的選秀規(guī)則是戰(zhàn)績(jī)最爛的球隊(duì)得到最好的選秀權(quán)，我說(shuō)：你們想破罐子破摔弄個(gè)好簽，這我不管，我只是想比賽和贏球，想進(jìn)入季后賽，使公牛隊(duì)保持那股干勁，所以我去了他的辦公室，對(duì)他說(shuō)：“Jerry，我說(shuō)我每天訓(xùn)練兩小時(shí)，可不想每場(chǎng)就打14分鐘。他說(shuō)：“我們對(duì)你是長(zhǎng)期投資，在你身上我們傾注了很多心血” 那時(shí)我的腿傷只有10%的可能性復(fù)原。我說(shuō)：我真的想?yún)⒓颖荣愃f(shuō)：“假如你頭疼，有一個(gè)盒子里裝了10個(gè)膠囊，只有一個(gè)是有效的，其他的都是毒藥，你會(huì)怎么選擇?”我回答說(shuō)“那頭疼有多嚴(yán)重?”Jerry說(shuō):我想你給出了一個(gè)好的答案，好吧你可以去參加比賽了”

　　杰瑞(勞恩斯多夫)總是和我對(duì)著干，但是這也讓我始終保持著最好的競(jìng)技狀態(tài)。公牛的管理層為我和隊(duì)友創(chuàng)造了很好的條件，為了整個(gè)球隊(duì)的平衡，他們針對(duì)我和我的隊(duì)友做出了很多調(diào)整。在這14年里我有很多隊(duì)友，我尊敬他們每一個(gè)人不論他們是如何看我的，我只是為了追求勝利。道格 克林斯(公牛教練)總是在我和兩個(gè)杰瑞(勞恩斯多夫和克勞斯)之間斡旋。那時(shí)候我想打夏季聯(lián)賽，克林斯說(shuō)：邁克，你是球隊(duì)的一員，球隊(duì)不想讓你打夏季聯(lián)賽。我說(shuō)：道格，你去看看我的合同，最好打印一份出來(lái)，合同上面寫著我必須熱愛(ài)比賽，我既然熱愛(ài)比賽那么就應(yīng)該隨時(shí)有球打。道格說(shuō)，好吧那你去打吧。我們的關(guān)系就這樣好起來(lái)了。

　　杰瑞 克勞斯——我不知道誰(shuí)向他發(fā)的請(qǐng)?zhí)?，反正我今天是沒(méi)請(qǐng)他來(lái)——我希望他能理解吧。我們之間的故事太長(zhǎng)了，他和我一樣都是不認(rèn)輸?shù)娜?。他說(shuō)，球隊(duì)(管理層)贏得了冠軍。我說(shuō)：我可沒(méi)看‘管理層’哪個(gè)人頂著流感在猶他打總決賽，我可沒(méi)看見‘管理層’哪個(gè)人帶傷上場(chǎng)。我知道是管理層組建了球隊(duì)，但是最終上場(chǎng)比賽的還是我們這幫球員，所以我覺(jué)得是‘球員’贏得了總冠軍，管理層的任務(wù)是把后勤做好。別總是拿管理層來(lái)壓球員，因?yàn)榇虮荣惖氖俏覀儯銈兪秦?fù)責(zé)給錢的。

　　今天我的兩個(gè)兒子Marcus和Jeffery也在現(xiàn)場(chǎng)，你們代表了我，也代表了整個(gè)家庭。我想你們身上有個(gè)很沉重的負(fù)擔(dān)，如果我是你，我也不會(huì)愿意活在一個(gè)人的陰影下?？纯茨銈冎車阕恢靡?000美元一張票——這可是被黃牛從200 美元一張炒上去的。只不過(guò)是我掏的錢，沒(méi)辦法，我有很多家人和朋友，我得讓他們來(lái)參加今天的活動(dòng)，所以還要感謝一下炒門票的黃牛們。你承載著別人的期待。但是你們要知道有很多人在背后支持著你們，你們需要自己做出選擇當(dāng)這一天來(lái)臨的時(shí)候。我媽媽總是閑不住，我通常都很忙，但是我媽比我更忙。所以我的母親需要肩負(fù)整個(gè)家庭。她是我生命中的基石，即便是現(xiàn)在她仍然做著兩份工作。她是一個(gè)偉大的女性。她教會(huì)了我很多東西。當(dāng)我經(jīng)歷那些失敗的夜晚，是她一直教導(dǎo)我積極正面地看待人生，關(guān)于人們是如何看待你，你如何對(duì)待別人，什么東西是對(duì)孩子有利的，什么是對(duì)你自己有利的，如何積極看待公眾影響，如何慎重的思考，這一切都來(lái)自我的母親，我現(xiàn)在46歲了，她依然在孜孜不倦地教導(dǎo)我。

　　我還要感謝一些人，這些名字或許你們都沒(méi)想到。Isiah Thomas，Magic Johnson，George Gervin。在我的新秀賽季，我被你們完全凍結(jié)。是你們給我了前進(jìn)的動(dòng)力，每天我都需要進(jìn)步，我要證明我所得到一切成就都問(wèn)心無(wú)愧，無(wú)論人們是如何評(píng)論的，我從來(lái)不把謠言當(dāng)做真相。你們從來(lái)沒(méi)有把我嚇怕，不論如何，我就是要向你們證明我有資格在這個(gè)場(chǎng)上打球，就跟你們一樣。毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)，在我整個(gè)職業(yè)生涯中我想我已經(jīng)證明了這一切，即使是面對(duì)活塞，我做到了。

　　Pat Riley，我想起了以前我把你的球隊(duì)橫掃，第二天你給我的門上留了一個(gè)紙條：我很享受與你的比賽，恭喜你，但是我們還會(huì)再見的。我想你就和我一樣，享受競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的過(guò)程，樂(lè)于與我競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，即便你是從一個(gè)教練的角度，無(wú)論是尼克斯還是熱火，每次我與你比賽，你有所謂的喬丹終結(jié)者(無(wú)敵的諷刺)，你有我所喜歡的John Starks。你還不讓我與Oakley一起吃飯，因?yàn)槲覀兪歉?jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手，(Charles Oakley)是我在聯(lián)盟中強(qiáng)有力的對(duì)手，也是我最好的朋友，Patrick Erving和我一樣大，我們也是同一年進(jìn)聯(lián)盟的(似乎幫主記錯(cuò)了尤因的時(shí)間)，但是我卻很少和他一起吃飯，這是什么原因?是因?yàn)槲以趫?chǎng)上將尼克斯打得落花流水?我還是一個(gè)很友善的人，我熱愛(ài)與人交往。但是一旦進(jìn)入球場(chǎng)，我就會(huì)全身心投入，爭(zhēng)取每一場(chǎng)勝利。我感謝你們給與了我所極度渴望的動(dòng)力

　　Phil Jackson，對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)他就是我職業(yè)聯(lián)盟的Dean Smiths，他磨練了我的意志，強(qiáng)健了我的體魄。他對(duì)比賽有很深刻的理解，Tex Wenter也對(duì)我做出了很多指導(dǎo)，他對(duì)我很嚴(yán)厲，我很少能使他滿意。他今天沒(méi)在現(xiàn)場(chǎng)。我記得有一場(chǎng)比賽，球隊(duì)落后了5分或者10分，然后我拿了25分并且球隊(duì)獲勝，Wenter: There is no I in team Jordan: but there is I in win

　　我想他明白了我的話，為了勝利我可以付出一切，為了勝利，我們注重整體籃球。我聽到很多媒體的言論：你沒(méi)有冠軍戒指，你不如魔術(shù)師和大鳥一樣出色，你很出色，但是你就是不如他們“這一切我都要接受，這一切使我斗志昂揚(yáng)，這使我每天的籃球技術(shù)都上升到一個(gè)新的臺(tái)階。我有說(shuō)他們說(shuō)的是錯(cuò)的，只是我從不同的角度來(lái)看他們的話。同時(shí)作為成為一個(gè)籃球運(yùn)動(dòng)員，我努力成為最好的自己。在我的職業(yè)生涯，我取得了無(wú)數(shù)的成就，你需要接受人們所說(shuō)的一切，對(duì)你的評(píng)價(jià)，對(duì)你的指責(zé)，使你動(dòng)力十足，努力使自己的籃球技術(shù)上升到一個(gè)新的高度。我想這就是我成功的原因

　　Baron Russel，在1994年我打棒球的時(shí)候，他們?cè)谝贿叺幕@球場(chǎng)上投籃，我跟他們打招呼，當(dāng)時(shí)我想我沒(méi)有動(dòng)力再去追尋籃球的足跡。但是他們走過(guò)來(lái)問(wèn)我：你為什么要退役，你知道我可以防住你，別讓我看到你再穿上籃球褲，(原話其實(shí)語(yǔ)氣沒(méi)這么強(qiáng)烈If ever see you in a pair of shorts)所以當(dāng)我1995年回歸聯(lián)盟，96年與猶他比賽的時(shí)候，Russel坐在我的旁邊：你還記得94年的事嗎?我想我現(xiàn)在可以輕松地防死你，我很高興與你比賽 我說(shuō):最好你有機(jī)會(huì)相信我，從這一天，他有了這個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)，我沒(méi)有問(wèn)他是否成功，他的確有，從這天起，如果我有穿上籃球褲，我就直接去找他(其實(shí)這一段對(duì)話我沒(méi)太聽清，幫主語(yǔ)速快而且沒(méi)有說(shuō)出是誰(shuí)講的話，哪位達(dá)人可以再聽聽大概在20分鐘左右)

　　我知道你們都需要離開(會(huì)場(chǎng))，我也知道我講了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間，我本應(yīng)該說(shuō)完謝謝就轉(zhuǎn)身離開。我很感謝你們。我的演講就要進(jìn)入尾聲，籃球就是我生命中的一切，我心靈的庇護(hù)，當(dāng)我需要信心與內(nèi)心的平靜，籃球總會(huì)在那里靜靜地等待我。它帶給過(guò)我沉重的傷痛，強(qiáng)烈的喜悅，以及自我的滿足感。這種情感是你們無(wú)法了解與想象的。這已經(jīng)有很長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間了，它成就了我的偉大也帶給了我無(wú)盡的喜悅。它給我搭建了一個(gè)平臺(tái)來(lái)用各種方式釋放我的enthusiasm(審核的問(wèn)題)。我從來(lái)沒(méi)有期待過(guò)這種方式，也無(wú)法想象這一切的一切。我希望我能夠激勵(lì)成千上萬(wàn)的人通過(guò)自己的努力，堅(jiān)持不懈以及積極樂(lè)觀的態(tài)度來(lái)實(shí)現(xiàn)他們的人生夢(mèng)想。雖然今天進(jìn)入名人堂是我職業(yè)生涯無(wú)上的榮耀，但我不希望這是我的籃球情緣的終點(diǎn)。這僅僅是我從小的夢(mèng)想的一種延續(xù)。也許有一天你會(huì)看到一個(gè)50歲的喬丹在籃球場(chǎng)上追逐他那最初的夢(mèng)想。

　　I told my friends I would come here to say “thank you” then walked off. I can’t, it’s no way. I get so many people I can thank. In all the videos, you never just saw me, also Scottie Pippen and the championship we won. I’ve got a lot of questions over the last four weeks. Anybody says “well, why do you pick David Thompson?” I know why, David knows why and maybe you guys don’t know. But as I grow up in North Carolina, I was eleven years old, 1974, I think, when David won the championship. I hated North Carolina, but I ended up in North Carolina. But I was in love with David Thompson, not just for the game basketball, but in terms of what he represented. You know, we all, as David says or said we go through trails and tribulations. And he did, and I was inspired by him. And when I called him and asked him to stand up for me, I know I shocked a shoot out of him. I know I did. But he is very kind to say, ”Yeath, I’ll do it.” That is not disrespect to the North Carolina guy; we all know I am true blue North Carolina guy to the heart. Coach Smith, Larry Brown, Sam Perkins, James Worthy, you know all of those guys.

　　I’d like to start to my parents. You guys see all the I-likes. What is about me that you guys don’t know? As I set up here and watch all the other guys give their history. So many things I didn’t know about Jerry Sloan. And we lived on the phone, but I didn’t know he was in a small class from the first grade to the eighth grade. Even David Robinson, I have known David for some time. You know, but I found some things, good things or bad things about him that I didn’t know. And Chipson, I’ve known Chipson for years. My father and my mother spent a lot time with Mike and found out good things about her, but what about me that you guys don’t know?

　　I got two brothers, James and Larry, five four and five five in height. They give me all I could ever ask for. As brothers, in terms of competition. My brother Larry is an ideal situation with small things coming with small packages. This do fall me every single day. To the extend that my mother used to come out and make us come in because we were fighting way too much. My older brother was always gone. He is served in the army for 31 years. And the competition didn’t stop there. My sister who is one year younger than me, never want to be alone by herself. She took classes, extra classes, graduated from high school with me, to go to university North Carolina with me, and to graduate fairer than me. And you guys wanna know where my competition nature comes from, it came from them, it came from my older sister and she is not here today. My father who is not here today, obviously he is with us, all of us. My competitive nature has gone a long way from the first time I picked up any sports, baseball, football, run-track, basketball, anything in this class I played.

　　They started to fire me; you know that fire started from my parents. As I moved on my career, people add wood to that fire. Coach Smith, what can I say about him? He is a legendary coach. Lerold Smith, now you guys think that’s a mistake. Lerold Smith was the guy when I got kicks he got picked in the team. He is here tonight. He is still the same six seven guy. He is not even bigger. His level is even about the same. But he started the whole process for me, because when he made the team and I didn’t, I wanted to prove, not just to Lerold Smith, not just to myself, but to the coach who actually picked Lerold over me. I want to make sure he understood you made a mistake, dude.

　　Buss Peterson, My roommate. When I first met Buss, all I heard about was that this kid from Ashville North Carolina was clearly unplayed against but he has never played against me then, so how do you come to be the player of the year? Is that some type of media, exposure, you know I came from Wilmington, you know, where two channel, channel ABC and channel NBC that I never saw NBA at all when I grow up. They didn’t have CBS receiver in North Carolina or Wilmington also. Buss Peterson became a dead on my board. When I get a chance to meet Peterson on the basketball court. But he is a great person. It isn’t the fault of his. It was just my competitive natures. I didn’t think he can beat me or is better than me as a basketball player. And he became my roommate. From that point on, he became my focal point not knowingly. He didn’t know it, but he did. And Coach Smith, the day when he was on the Sports Illustrated, he named four starters and he didn’t name me. That burned me up, because I got to be on that Sports Illustrate. He had his own vision about giving a freshman that exposure, I totally understand that but from a basketball sense I deserve to be on that Sports Illustrated, and he understands that.

　　And it didn’t stop there. My competitive natures went right into the pros, I get to the bulls which I am very proud. At the time Jerry Reinsdorf didn’t own the team. It was another organization Reinsdorf drafted me. Kevin Loughery was my first coach. Kevin used to take practice and put me in starting five. You know, he made a competitive thing where the losing team had to run. So now we are almost on the winning team, halfway on the game, halfway on the situation, he switched me to the losing team. So I took that as a competitive thing, but you were trying to test me and by nine times out of ten the second team would come back to win no matter what he did. So I appreciated Kevin to give me that challenge, providing that type of fire with me and he threw another log on that fire for me. Jerry Reinsdorf, I mean what else can I say. The next year when I came back I broke my foot; I was out of 65 games. And when I came back I wanna play. The doctor came with his old theory that you can play only seven minutes a game, but I am practicing two hours a day. I am saying, well, I don’t agree with that math. And back then, whoever has the worst record gets the most balls in Ping-Pang balls, you know you can decide what pick you can have, but I don’t care about that. I just wanted to win. I wanna made to playoffs. I wanna keep that energy going in Chicago. So I had to go into his office and sat down with him and say “Jerry, I actually think I should play more than 14 minutes and practice more than two hours. He said “We have to protect the long-term investment we’ve invested on you. I said “I really think I should be able to play.” He said “Let me ask you this, if you had a headache.” At that time, there was ten percent that I can hurt my ankle or my foot. He said “You had a headache and you got ten capsules, and one of them is coated with poison, would you take it?” I looked him and say “It depends on how bad is that headache. How bad is that headache” .Jerry looked me and say “You are OK, I guess you had a good answer, you can go back to play. You let me allow you to go back and play.” You know, Jerry provided a lot of difficult obstacles for me but at the same time the guy gave me a opportunity to perform at the highest level in terms of basketball. The bulls, the whole bulls organization, you know, they did great adjustments for me and all my teammates. Believe me I had a lot of teammates in all the 14 years I played for the bulls. I respect each one of them. I just want them to win. No matter how you looked at it. Doug Collins came the same time when I was trying to play at the summer time. He said “well, you are part of the organization and the organization said you can’t play at the summer time. I said “you read the things in my contract; in my contract I have the ‘love the game’ clause. That means I can play anytime I want, any place I want And Doug looked at me and said “you are right, you are right.” And that’s how we became a little closer. Jerry Krause is right there and Jerry is not here. Obviously I don’t know who’d invite him, I didn’t. But, I hope he understands it goes a long way. He is a very competitive person. I was a very competitive person. He said organizations win championships. I said “I didn’t see organizations playing with the flu in Utah. I didn’t see it playing with a bad ankle.” Granted, granted, I think organizations put together teams, but at the end of the day, team’s got to go out and play. I think the players win the championship, and the organization has something to do with it, don’t get me wrong. But don’t try to put the organization above players. Because player still got to go out of there and perform. You guys got to pay us, but I am still to out to play.

　　Obviously you’ve seen my kids Marcus and Jeffery. I love you guys. I think you guys represent a lot of me and a lot of different person as your mum, you represent them as well. You know, I think you guys have a heavy burden. I wouldn’t want to be you guys if I had to. You know, because all the expectations you have to deal with. I mean, look around you, they charge a thousand dollars ticket for this thing, for this holy event. It used to be 200 dollars, but I paid it. You know, I have no choice. I have a lot of families and a lot of friend I have to bring in. So thank all of you to raising ticket price. I love you guys, you guys have a host of people supporting you, family, friends, people that you don’t know, relatives coming our of the woodworks. You know, no matter how you look at it, but I think we taught you right. Your mum and I, hopefully you can make the right decisions when the time comes. My mum, what can I say about my mum, my mum never stays still. You think I am busy. She is always on the go. Without her, she is rough, she is unbelievable. Even right now, she takes over two jobs. She is unbelievable woman. As I experienced the failure each everyday, it is her. She classically keeps me focus on the good things about life. You know, how people perceive you, how you respect them, you know, what’s good for the kids, what’s good for you, you know, how you perceive public, take a second thoughts and pause to think about things you should do. These all came from my parents, you know, came from my mum. She is still like this these days, I am 46 years old, she is still parenting me today. That’s a good thing. I’ll love her to death. I’ll love her to death.

　　And I will thank a couple of people that you guys probably wouldn’t even think I will thank. Isaiah Thomas, Magic Johnson and George Gervin. They are the so-called freezing-out in my rookie season. I wouldn’t remember you guys gave me the motivation to say, you know what? Evidently I haven’t proved enough to these guys. I’ve got to prove these guys that I deserve what I got at this level. No matter what people have said, if it is rumor, I never took it is truth. But you guys never froze me up, because I was yet happy to be there no matter how you look at it. From that point forward, I wanted to prove to you, Magic, Larry, Gorge and everybody that I deserve to be on this level as much as anyone else. And hopefully over the whole period of career I have done that, without a doubt. Even in the Detroit, we’ve done that.

　　Pat Riley, you and I go way back. I still remember in Pat Riley, in Pat Riley. I was coming in there, got leaving; you decided to stay a couple of days. You were coming into my suite and told me to get out of my suite. You slid a note on the leak of my door, although you had to move, you didn’t move. You slid the note, saying” I enjoyed the competition, congratulation, but we will meet again. And I take the heart in that, because I think in all I can see you are competitive and even from a coach standing point. You challenge me every time I play the Nicks, the Heats, I don’t think you are with the Lakers, but every time I play against you, you have “Jordan Stoppers” on your team, you have John Starks who I love. You even had my friend Oakley says “We can’t go to the lunch, we can’t go to the dinner together, because this guy hit me harder than anybody else in the league. He was my best friend. Patrick Erving and I are the same age. We came up at the same time. But we can’t go to the lunch together. Why is this an issue? You think I play against Patrick any different than I play anybody else? No, no. They had your learned guy became the Nicks, coach after you, Jeff van gundy. He said I can’t be player fairly and I may dead on the basketball court. Where is it come from? I just happen to be a friendly guy. I get along with everybody, but at the same time when the light comes on, I am more competitive than anybody. So you guys, I must say thank you for giving me the motivation that I desperately needed.

　　Phil Jackson is, to me, is a professional Dean Smith. He challenged me mentally, not just physically. You know, he understood the game, along with Tex Wenter. They taught me a lot about the basketball game. Tex being the specialist, I can never please Tex. And I love Tex. Tex is not here. And I know he is here in spirit. I can remember a game coming after the basketball court; we were down five to ten points. And I go off about 25 points, we came back to win the game. As we walked out the floor and Tex looked me and said “you know, there is ‘I’ in ‘team’.” I said “there is not ‘I’ in ‘team’, but there is ‘I’ in ‘win’.” I think he got my message. I will do anything to win. You know, that means we play team format to win. That means I will do what I have to do. No matter how you look at it. Then you had all your media message “Scoring champion can’t win a NBA title”. You are not good as Magic Johnson, you are not good as Larry Bird. You are good, but you are not good as those guys. I have to listen to all this. And that put so much wood on that fire. It kept me each everyday trying to get better as a basketball player. I am not saying they were wrong. I may look at them from a different perspective. But at the same time as a basketball player, I am trying to become the best I can. You know, for someone like me who achieve a lot in this kind of career, you look for any kind of messages that people may say or do to get you motivated to play the game basketball to the highest level. Because that’s what I feel when I assail at my best.

　　And my last example and the last you guys probably have seen. I hate to do it to them. He is such a nice guy. When I first met Bryon Russell, John and Karl, I was in Chicago in 1994. I was working out for baseball and they all came down for workout and shooting around. I came over and say “Hello”, and at this time I had no thoughts of coming back and playing the game of basketball. Bryon Russell came over to me and said “why did you quit? why did you quit? You know I could guard you, if I ever see you in a pair of shorts”. Do you remember? John. When I did decide to come back in 1995 and we played Utah in 96, I’m at the center circle and Bryon Russell is standing next to me. I said “You remember the conversation you made in 1994 about ‘I think I can guard you, I can shut you down, I would love to play against you?’ Well, you are about to get your chance, and believe me ever since that day he got his chance, I don’t know how succeed he was. I think he got his chance. From this day forward, if he ever say me in shorts, I would come at him.

　　I know you guys got to go. I know I’ve been up here a lot longer than I told my friends I was gonna up here, I cried, I was supposed to get up , said “Thank you” and walked off and I am not able to do that. So I appreciate it. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. As I close, the game basketball has been everything to me, my refuge, a place I am always gone when I need to find comfort and peace. It’s been a source of intense pain and a source of most intense feelings of joy and satisfaction. The one that no one of you can imagine. It’s been a relationship of number of intersection. It gave me the great expects and love for the game. It provided me with a platform and shared my passions with millions in the way I neither expected nor could imagine in my career. I hope it’s given millions of people touch and optimism to achieve their goals through hard work, perspiration and positive attitude. Although I am recognized with this honor of being in the Hall of Fame, I don’t look this moment as final relationship between me and the basketball. It simply a continuation of something I started a long time ago. One day, you may look up a senior player at a game of 50.Oh, no. Don’t laugh. Don’t laugh. Never say never, because limits, like fear, are often just an illusion.

　　Thank you very much!