IftheDreamisBigEnoughtheFactsDon’tCount心中有目标风雨不折腰
IrememberthefirstdayIsawherplayingbasketball.Iwatchedshemanagedtoshootjumpshotsjustovertheirheadsandintothenet.Theboysalwaystriedtostopherbutnoonecould.
我记得第一天看到她打篮球的情景。看着她总是尽力地跳起投篮，球恰好越过那些孩子头顶飞入篮筐。那些男孩总是拼命地阻止她，但没有人可以做得到。
Ibegantonoticeheratothertimes,basketballinhand,playingalone.Shewouldpracticedribblingandshootingoverandoveragain,sometimesuntildark.OnedayIaskedherwhyshepracticedsomuch.Shelookeddirectlyinmyeyesandwithoutamomentofhesitationshesaid,"Iwanttogotocollege.TheonlywayIcangoisifIgetascholarship.Ilikebasketball.IdecidedthatifIweregoodenough,Iwouldgetascholarship.Iamgoingtoplaycollegebasketball.Iwanttobethebest.MyDaddytoldmeifthedreamisbigenough,thefactsdon'tcount."ThenshesmiledandrantowardsthecourttorecaptheroutineIhadseenoverandoveragain.
平时我开始注意到她，她总手持篮，一个人练习。她一遍遍地练习运球和投篮，有时直到天黑。有一天我问她为什么这么刻苦地练习。她直视着我的眼睛，不加思索地说:“我想上大学。只有获得奖学金我才能上大学。我喜欢打篮球，我想只要我打得好，我就能获得奖学金。我要到大学去打篮球。我想成为最棒的球员。爸爸告诉我说，心中有目标，风雨不折腰。”说完她笑了笑，跑向篮球场，又开始我之前见过的一遍又一遍的练习。
Iwatchedherthroughthosejuniorhighyearsandintohighschool.Everyweek,sheledhervarsityteamtovictory.
我看着她这些年从初中升到高中。每个星期，她带领的学校篮球代表队都能够获胜。
Onedayinhersenioryear,Isawhersittingonthegrass,headcradledinherarms.QuietlyIaskedwhatwaswrong."Oh,nothing,"cametoasoftreply."Iamjusttooshort."Thecoachtoldherthatat5'5"shewouldprobablynevergettoplayforatoprankedteam--muchlessofferedascholarship--sosheshouldstopdreamingaboutcollege.
高中那会儿的某一天，我看见她坐在草地上，头埋在臂弯里。我轻轻地问出什么事了。“哦，没什么，”她轻声回答，“只是我太矮了。”原来篮球教练告诉她，以五英尺五英寸的身材，她几乎是没有机会到一流的球队去打球的——更不用说会获得奖学金了——所以她应该放弃想上大学的梦想。
ShewasheartbrokenbutShetoldmethatherfathersaidthosecoacheswerewrong.Theyjustdidnotunderstandthepowerofadream.Hetoldherthatifshereallywantedtoplayforagoodcollege,ifshetrulywantedascholarship,thatnothingcouldstopherexceptonething--herownattitude.Andifthedreamisbigenough,thefactsdon’tcount.
她很伤心，但她告诉我，她爸爸说那些教练错了。他们根本不懂得梦想的力量。他告诉她，如果真的想到一个好的大学去打篮球，如果她真的想获得奖学金，任何东西也不能阻止她，除非她自己不愿意。要记住“心中有目标，风雨不折腰。”
Thenextyear,assheandherteamwenttotheNorthernCaliforniaChampionshipgame,shewasseenbyacollegerecruiter.Shewasindeedofferedascholarship,afullride,toaDivisionI,NCAAwomen'sbasketballteam.Shewasgoingtogetthecollegeeducationthatshehaddreamedofandworkedtowardforallthoseyears.
第二年，当她和她的球队去参加北加利福尼亚州冠军赛时，她被一位大学的招生人员看中了。她真的获得了奖学金，一个全面资助的奖学金，并且进入美国全国大学体育协会其中一队女子甲组篮球队。她将接受她曾梦想并为之奋斗多年的大学教育。
It'strue:Ifthedreamisbigenough,thefactsdon'tcount.
recruitern.招募者
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