「飛魚」麥可菲爾普斯從2004年以6枚金牌成為雅典奧運最「多金」的選手,但接下來更驚人的是屢創佳績,2008年北京奧運8金、2012年倫敦奧運4金,2016年以31歲的年齡強壓泳道上年輕泳將,多年來的艱辛努力只有自己能理解,文中8句名言是他激勵自己的話,也希望能激勵所有人。
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「達成目標永遠都不容易,它們會逼你去訓練,即使當下是很不舒服的。」
“I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.”
「如果你想成為最好的,你必須去做別人不願意做的事。」
“If you want to be the best, you have to do things other people aren’t willing to do.”
「我想測試自己的極限,看我自己能做到多少。」
“I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do.”
「我希望自己回顧過去的時候可以說:『我已經做了所有努力,而且我成功了。』我不希望回顧過去的時候說:『我應該要去做這件或那件事。』。」
“I want to be able to look back and say, ‘I’ve done everything I can, and I was successful.’ I don’t want to look back and say I should have done this or that.”
「事物並不完美,一切都在於你如何適應並從失敗中學習。」
“Things won’t go perfect. It’s all about how you adapt from those things and learn from mistakes.”
「一路走來,任何你嚮往的事物,會很多人會說你做不到,但你只需要想像,你作夢、計畫、達成!」
“So many people along the way, whatever it is you aspire to do, will tell you it can’t be done. But all it takes is imagination. You dream. You plan. You reach.”
「如果你說了『不能』,你局限了自己可以做到的事。」
“If you say “can’t” you’re restricting what you can do or ever will do.”
「我找到自己熱愛的事…而且我不會放棄。」
“I found something I love… And never gave up.”