乔丹名人堂演讲稿中英文.docx

1、乔丹名人堂演讲稿中英文乔丹名人堂演讲稿中英文乔丹名人堂演讲英文版：Thank you! Thank you!I told my friends I would come here to say “thank you then walked off. I cant, its 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. Ive got a lot of questions ove

2、r the last four weeks. Anybody says “well, why do you pick David Thompson? I know why, David knows why and maybe you guys dont 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. B

3、ut 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

4、a shoot out of him. I know I did. But he is very kind to say, Yeath, Ill 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.Id like to start to my parents

5、. You guys see all the I-likes. What is about me that you guys dont know? As I set up here and watch all the other guys give their history. So many things I didnt know about Jerry Sloan. And we lived on the phone, but I didnt know he was in a small class from the first grade to the eighth grade. Eve

6、n 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 didnt know. And Chipson, Ive 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 g

7、uys dont 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

8、 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 didnt stop there. My sister who is one year younger than me, never want to be alone by herself. She took classes, extra

9、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, obvious

10、ly 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

11、to that fire. Coach Smith, what can I say about him? He is a legendary coach. Lerold Smith, now you guys think thats 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

12、the same. But he started the whole process for me, because when he made the team and I didnt, 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. W

13、hen 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 cha

14、nnel, channel ABC and channel NBC that I never saw NBA at all when I grow up. They didnt 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 isnt the fault of his.

15、It was just my competitive natures. I didnt 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 didnt know it, but he did. And Coach Smith, the day when he was on the Sports Illustrated, he named

16、four starters and he didnt 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 didnt st

17、op there. My competitive natures went right into the pros, I get to the bulls which I am very proud. At the time Jerry Reinsdorf didnt 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,

18、 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 tea

19、m 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

20、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 dont agree with that math. And back then, whoever has the worst record gets the most balls in Ping-Pang balls, you know you can de

21、cide what pick you can have, but I dont 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 hour

22、s. He said “We have to protect the long-term investment weve 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 cap

23、sules, 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, Je

24、rry 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 i

25、n 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 cant play at the

26、 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 thats how we became a little closer. Jerry Krause is right there and Jerr

27、y is not here. Obviously I dont know whod invite him, I didnt. 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 didnt see organizations playing with the flu in Utah. I didnt see it play

28、ing with a bad ankle. Granted, granted, I think organizations put together teams, but at the end of the day, teams got to go out and play. I think the players win the championship, and the organization has something to do with it, dont get me wrong. But dont try to put the organization above players

29、. 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 youve 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

30、 think you guys have a heavy burden. I wouldnt 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

31、 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 dont know, relatives coming our of the woodworks. You know, no matter how you loo

32、k 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 t

33、akes 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, whats good for the kids, whats good for you, you know, how you perceive publ