林書豪 教會我們10個人生道理

不久前，在NBA賽場上，華裔球員林書豪帶領尼克斯隊直取7連勝，單場個人最高搏得38分，成為世界體壇的風云人物。如果這個成績出自喬丹、科比或者姚明，人們或許會有同樣的喝彩，卻難有如此的驚嘆。美國總統奧巴馬評價：林的成功超越了體育，林書豪的昨天、今天與明天，更可以啟發人們的深度思考。

1. Believe in yourself when no one else does. Lin is only the fourth student of Harvard to enter the NBA. He’s also one of only a handful of Asian-Americans to make it. He was sent by the Knicks to play for their D-League team 3 weeks ago. He’d already been cut by two other NBA teams before joining the Knicks this year. You’ve got to believe in yourself， even when no one else does.

即使沒人相信你也不能絕望。林書豪只是第四位能夠進入NBA的哈佛學生。他也只是一小撮能夠登陸NBA的亞裔美國人之一。在三個星期前，他還曾被尼克斯隊下放到NBDL球隊。在這個賽季加盟尼克斯隊之前，林書豪曾被兩支其他的NBA球隊裁掉。即使沒人相信你了，你也不能對自己絕望。

2. Seize the opportunity when it comes up. Lin got to start for the Knicks because they had no other choices. They had too many injuries. Baron Davis was gone. The other point guards were out. Carmelo Anthony was injured. Amare Stoudemire had to leave the team because of a family death. If Lin squandered[浪費] the opportunity， we would never noticed him. But he made the most of it. You never know when opportunities are going to arise[出現]in life. Make the most of them. Don’t fritter [揮霍] them away.

當機會來臨時要好好把握。尼克斯隊之所以讓林書豪打上首發，實屬無奈之舉，他們的傷病球員太多了。拜倫·戴維斯一直無法上場。其他控球后衛也不能出戰。卡梅羅·安東尼受傷了。阿瑪雷·斯塔德邁爾因家人去世而離隊奔喪。如果林書豪浪費掉這個機會，他將不會得到我們的關注，但他很好地利用了這個機會。在生活中，你從不知道機會何時會降臨。盡最大限度地利用這些機會，不要揮霍掉了。

3. Stay humble. If you one day are lucky enough to have newspapers want to put you on the cover in order to sell more， don’t let it get to your head. It’s been remarkable watching how humble [謙遜] Lin remains through all this media frenzy [瘋狂]. It makes his teammates and fans love him that much more.

保持謙遜。如果有一天，你飛黃騰達，報紙媒體為了增加銷量而希望將你放在頭版，不要讓榮譽沖昏了頭腦。值得注意的是，即使現在所有媒體都瘋狂追逐林書豪，他依然保持謙遜。這會讓隊友和球迷更加喜愛他。

4. People will love you for being an original， not trying to be someone else. You’ve got to be you. You can’t be some 2nd rate copy of Michael Jordan. There will never be another Michael Jordan. Just be Jeremy Lin—yourself. Whatever that is. That doesn’t mean you don’t work hard—it just means you find what you’re good at and do it. Fans will love you for being you， just like they love Jeremy Lin. Judy Garland said it best： Always be a first-rate version of yourself， instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

人們喜歡你是因為你保持自我，而不是模仿他人。……