“读懂中国”主题演讲|马布里：从NBA到CBA，中国文化哲学如何影响了我(6)

当我在附近的街区打球时，通常能吸引一群观众，年轻人、老年人和内心年轻的人，甚至当地的毒贩都会来看我打球，他们甚至会在篮球场上挑战我，因为就我这个年龄而言我的篮球技术非常纯熟，我就是人们所说的篮球神童，我的优秀来源于我的大哥埃里克，向我们三兄弟灌输了这样一个观念，如果我们想要称霸NBA，我们的身体就必须像机器一样运转。我的二哥唐也告诉我，“弟弟，当你走进篮球场时，必须让人们知道你的名字，这样你就能知道他们知道你会打球，他们会尊重你。”
When I played at the neighborhood Garden, I usually drew a crowd. The young, the old, and the young at heart, including local drug dealers would come and watch me play. They would even challenge me on the basketball court because I was so skilled in basketball for my age. I was what some would call a basketball prodigy. I was advanced because my oldest brother Eric drilled into the heads of my three brothers and me that our bodies had to operate like machines if we wanted to make it and dominate in the NBA. Don, my next oldest brother, would also tell me, “Son B, people have to know you by your first name when you step onto the basketball court. That is how you know they know you, you can play, and that they respect you.”
我甚至在成为一个青少年之前就在全国各地为人熟知并获得尊敬，我12岁的时候，美国一家顶尖体育杂志把我评为全国最好的六年级学生，在美国和世界上许多地方的数百万六年级学生中，我被称为最佳篮球运动员，所以在12岁的时候，我相信我自己是最棒的，我总坚信自己会赢。如果今天是19岁的我在这里和你们讲，我会说我打篮球是因为我热爱这项运动。现在回想起来，我意识到我不是被我对比赛的热爱所驱使，而是因为我想赢，想获得赞扬和认可，是因为想让我的家人离开科尼岛的意志。