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- In any sport, you have to learn how to win,
- 在任何運動中,你都必須學會如何取勝。
then you have to learn how to lose,
那麼你就必須學會如何輸。
but at the same time, you still keep working hard
但與此同時,你仍然繼續努力工作
to accomplish your goal, and then you just keep working at.
來完成你的目標,然後你就繼續努力。
- Keep working at it. - Like repetition.
- 繼續努力。- 喜歡重複。
- That's doing the same over and over again, right?
- 這是在重複做同樣的事情,對嗎?
- Yes. - Like, repetition,
- 是的 比如說,重複。
repetition, repetition, repetition,
重複,重複,重複。
repetition (laughs). (all laugh)
複述(笑)。(眾人笑)
(cheerful music)
(歡快的音樂)
- Hi, my name is Bevin.
- 嗨,我的名字是貝文。
What's your name?
你叫什麼名字?
- My name's Ryneldi Becenti.
- 我叫雷內爾迪-貝肯提。
- I'm Abby Cadabby, hi.
- 我是艾比-卡達比,你好。
- Hi, Abby. - Hi!
- 嗨,艾比。- 嗨!
- Do you know what we're here to talk about?
- 你知道我們在這裡要談什麼嗎?
- A former basketball player?
- 一個前籃球運動員?
- Wait a minute, there's a basketball player right here?
- 等一下,這裡有一個籃球運動員?
Under the table, or?
在桌子底下,還是?
Wait a minute, are you a former basketball player?
等一下,你是一個前籃球運動員嗎?
- Yes, I am.
- 是的,我是。
I was the first Native American to play in the WNBA.
我是第一個在WNBA打球的美國土著。
- Wow. - Yeah.
- 哇哦。- 是的。
- That's a big deal!
- 這是一個大問題!
- It is. - Yeah.
- 它是。- 是的。
You must have inspired a lot of people
你一定激勵了很多人
- Yes. - by doing that.
- 是的。 - 通過這樣做。
- What is the WNBA?
- 什麼是WNBA?
- It's Women's National Basketball Association.
- 這是全國女子籃球協會。
So when they first started the WNBA,
是以,當他們第一次啟動WNBA時。
I was recruited to play for the Phoenix Mercury.
我被招募到鳳凰城水星隊打球。
- How did you learn basketball?
- 你是如何學習籃球的?
- I learned basketball through my parents,
- 我通過我的父母學會了籃球。
and they gave me a basketball,
而且他們給了我一個籃球。
so I just dribbled, dribbled, dribbled,
所以我只是運球,運球,運球。
and I just worked on it every day.
而我只是每天都在努力。
So it was like a job for me.
所以對我來說,這就像一份工作。
- How old were you when you started playing?
- 你開始玩的時候是幾歲?
- I started playing when I was five years old.
- 我在五歲的時候開始玩。
- Five, that's only a year older than me.
- 五,這隻比我大一歲。
(Ryneldi laughs)
(Ryneldi笑)
- What are some of your special talents?
- 你有哪些特殊的才能?
- Well, I do a lot of singing and dancing.
- 嗯,我做了很多唱歌和跳舞。
- Can you dribble like, you know, they do between your legs?
- 你能像,你知道,他們在你兩腿之間做的那樣運球嗎?
- Yes, between the legs,
- 是的,在兩腿之間。
behind the back. - What?
背後。- 什麼?
So you're dancing with a basketball.
所以你在和一個籃球跳舞。
- Yes, dancing with a basketball, good way to put it.
- 是的,與籃球共舞,說得不錯。
- Can you spin a basketball on your finger?
- 你能用手指旋轉一個籃球嗎?
- Yes.
- 是的。
- Oh, oh, let's see, okay.
- 哦,哦,讓我看看,好的。
Wow! - I can only do it
哇! - 我只能這樣做
for like two sec, oh, that's cool.
就像兩秒鐘,哦,那很好。
- Wow, that was amazing.
- 哇,這真是太神奇了。
- I can only do it for like two seconds.
- 我只能做大概兩秒鐘的時間。
- How about you, Elmo?
- 你呢,Elmo?
How about you, you wanna?
你呢,你想嗎?
- Elmo can touch the ball.
- Elmo可以摸到球。
(all chuckle)
(大家笑著說)
And Elmo can watch Rafa do a great job right now.
而埃爾莫現在就可以看拉法做得很好。
- Okay, let's see. - Let's see.
- 好吧,讓我們來看看。- 讓我們來看看。
Oh. - Very good, there it goes.
哦 很好,就這樣吧。
- Is there anything you practice a lot, Ellie?
- 有什麼是你經常練習的嗎,艾莉?
- When I was seven, I did gymnastics,
- 當我七歲時,我做體操。
and I'm practicing on a split, and I've almost got it.
而我正在練習劈叉,我幾乎已經得到了它。
- How do you train to do splits?
- 你是如何訓練做劈叉的?
- Well, there's a lot of stretching involving it.
- 嗯,有很多涉及到它的拉伸。
- Do you have to practice your flexibility for basketball?
- 你必須為籃球練習你的靈活性嗎?
- Yes, definitely. - Oh.
- 是的,當然。- 哦。
- But we don't get to do splits.
- 但我們沒有機會做分身術。
(all laugh)
(大家笑)
- That'd be really impressive, though.
- 這將是非常令人印象深刻的,雖然。
- You've seen a basketball court, right?
- 你見過籃球場,對嗎?
- Yeah. - It has a free throw line
- 是的 - 它有一個罰球線
and a three point line.
和一條三點線。
The basketball court I used to play on was just dirt.
我以前玩的籃球場只是泥土。
We used to get flour and we used
我們曾經得到麵粉,我們用
to make our basketball court.
來做我們的籃球場。
Have you heard of Frybread?
你聽說過Frybread嗎?
- Nope, but sounds good.
- 沒有,但聽起來不錯。
- It's our Native American bread that we make a lot.
- 這是我們的美國本土麵包,我們經常做。
So our dad would get mad 'cause we're using all the flour.
所以我們的父親會生氣,因為我們用了所有的麵粉。
(both chuckle)
(兩人笑著說)
- Did your friends ever help you
- 你的朋友是否曾幫助你
when you were growing up and playing basketball?
當你長大後打籃球的時候?
- Yes, all my friends helped me, all my teammates,
- 是的,我所有的朋友都幫助我,我所有的隊友。
my coaches, my dad and me.
我的教練、我的父親和我。
A big group of support helped me.
一大群人的支持幫助了我。
Rafa, who supports you in your life?
拉法,誰在你的生活中支持你?
- Well, obviously my parents, because they feed me
- 嗯,顯然是我的父母,因為他們養活了我。
and do a lot of things that's important for my life.
並做很多對我的生活很重要的事情。
- Yeah. - And also my friends
- 是的 還有我的朋友
that cheer me on when I'm playing soccer.
在我踢球時為我加油的人。
- What made you want to play basketball professionally?
- 是什麼讓你想打職業籃球的?
- My favorite basketball player was Cheryl Miller,
- 我最喜歡的籃球運動員是謝麗爾-米勒。
and when I was a little kid,
而當我還是個小孩子的時候。
I watched the Olympics and it said,
我看了奧運會,它說。
look at Cheryl Miller, she's a African American,
看看謝麗爾-米勒,她是一個非洲裔美國人。
she's opening doors for African Americans,
她正在為非裔美國人打開大門。
and so my goal was be the first out there
所以我的目標是成為第一個在那裡的人
to open doors for all Native Americans.
為所有美國原住民打開大門。
So when I tell you my story about Cheryl Miller,
是以,當我告訴你我關於謝麗爾-米勒的故事時。
she was my head coach.
她是我的總教練。
- You met your hero?
- 你遇到了你的英雄?
- Yes, exactly. - The one that inspired you,
- 是的,沒錯。- 啟發你的那個人。
and now you're inspiring everybody else.
而現在你正在激勵其他人。
- Exactly.
- 正是如此。
Who inspires you?
誰給了你靈感?
- Well, I look up to my sister a lot, and my parents, too.
- 嗯,我非常仰慕我的姐姐,也仰慕我的父母。
My mom teaches high school band.
我媽媽在高中教樂隊。
- Wow. - And so
- 哇。- 而且如此
that has encouraged me to start playing the drums too.
這也鼓勵我開始打鼓。
- You play the drums?
- 你會打鼓嗎?
- Kind of. - Do you know
- 樣的。- 你知道嗎?
I play the electric guitar, right?
我是彈電吉他的,對嗎?
Do you wanna be in a band?
你想加入一個樂隊嗎?
- We should.
- 我們應該。
- What do you play?
- 你玩的是什麼?
- I'll just hit the basketball,
- 我就打籃球吧。
or dribble the ball. - That's amazing.
或運球。- 這真令人吃驚。
That's a new sound, no one's ever heard it.
那是一種新的聲音,沒有人聽過它。
We'll be called Nothing But Net.
我們將被稱為Nothing But Net。
- Yes, good one. (Ellie laughs)
- 是的,好樣的。(Ellie laughs)
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- 是的。
- Rafa, what would you like to be the best at?
- 拉法,你想在什麼方面做得最好?
- Well, my mom always tells me
- 嗯,我媽媽總是告訴我
that you're never perfect.
你永遠不可能完美。
That's true, but you know what?
這是事實,但你知道嗎?
You can work really, really hard
你可以非常、非常努力地工作
and be the best that you can be.
併成為你能成為的最好的人。
- And in any sport, you have to learn how to win,
- 而在任何運動中,你都必須學會如何獲勝。
then you have to learn how to lose,
那麼你就必須學會如何輸。
but at the same time, you still keep working hard
但與此同時,你仍然繼續努力工作
to accomplish your goal, and you just keep working at.
來完成你的目標,而你只是繼續努力。
- Keep working at it. - Like repetition.
- 繼續努力。- 喜歡重複。
- That's doing the same thing over and over again, right?
- 這是在重複做同一件事,對嗎?
- Yes. - Like, repetition,
- 是的 比如說,重複。
repetition, repetition, repetition,
重複,重複,重複。
repetition (laughs). (all laugh)
複述(笑)。(眾人笑)
- How did it feel to be the first Native American
- 成為第一個美國土著人的感覺如何?
in the WNBA?
在WNBA?
- It was awesome, because when I first realized
- 這很了不起,因為當我第一次意識到
that I got recruited to the Mercury, I was nervous,
當我被招入水星隊時,我很緊張。
but what made me feel so good was, when I put on the jersey,
但讓我感覺如此之好的是,當我穿上球衣的時候。
I was actually doing it for my Native Americans
我其實是為了我的美國原住民而做的
that looked up to me.
仰望著我。
It just made them proud to know
這只是讓他們感到自豪,因為知道
that I'm on the court representing them,
我在法庭上代表他們。
and that my dream is also their dream.
而且我的夢想也是他們的夢想。
- Wow. - Cool.
- 哇。- 酷。
- Do you teach basketball to other kids?
- 你會教其他孩子打籃球嗎?
- Yes, ever since I finished professionally in basketball,
- 是的,自從我完成了專業的籃球比賽後。
my dad had always told me, no matter what,
我父親總是告訴我,無論如何。
you go back and you give back to your community.
你回去,你回饋給你的社區。
So I do free basketball camps,
所以我做免費的籃球訓練營。
I go out and speak to kids about my story,
我走出去,向孩子們講述我的故事。
the story that you're hearing right now.
你們現在聽到的故事。
- Thank you so much for sharing your story with us today.
- 非常感謝你今天與我們分享你的故事。
It was really inspiring and amazing to hear about.
這真的很鼓舞人心,聽起來很神奇。
- Yeah, I was really inspired too.
- 是的,我也真的受到了啟發。
- Well, thank you, that's awesome.
- 好吧,謝謝你,那真是太棒了。
- Can I get a hug?
- 我能得到一個擁抱嗎?
- Sure. - Yeah!
- 當然可以 是的!
(laughs) Yeah, you're so cool.
(笑)是的,你太酷了。
- [Ryneldi] Thank you.
- [Ryneldi] 謝謝你。