Well, let me tell you something. The next morning when I got up, my body was so sore that I couldn't even lift my arms to comb my hair. I had to have my mother comb my hair, and you know how embarrassing that is. But you know something? I learned a very important lesson, that pain means progress. Pain is progress. Each time my muscles were sore from a workout I knew that they were growing and they were getting stronger.
第二天早上起床,我浑身酸痛,连举手梳头都无能为力,只好叫我母亲帮我梳头——这真令人难堪!可你们知道吗,我获得了一个非常重要的教训:疼痛意味着进步。要想进步就得吃苦。每次我因过度训练而感觉肌肉酸痛时,我知道,我的肌肉在增长、在强壮。
I think there is a real life lesson in that. After two or three years of discipline and determination and working out hard, I actually changed my body, and I changed my strength. And that told me something; that if I could change my body that much, and if I could change the strength of my body that much, then I could also change anything else. I could change my habits, I could change my intelligence, I could change my attitude, my mind, my future, my life. And this is exactly what I have done. I think that that lesson applies to people, and it also applies to countries. You can change; China can change; everyone in the world can change.
我认为,那其中蕴含着人生真谛。经过两三年意志上的磨练和体力上的锻炼,我最终改变了我的身体,我的力气也变大了。这件事告诉我,如果能在很大程度上改变我的身体,增强我的力气,我就能改变其他的一切:我能改变不好的习惯,能增强我的智慧,能改变我的态度、思想以及我的未来和我的人生。事实上我已经做到了。我想,这一教训也适用于任何人,也适用于任何国家。你们可以改变,中国可以改变,世界上每一个人都可以改变。
My parents, of course, I have to tell you, didn't understand my dreams at all. They were always wondering. They said, "What is he doing? When are you going to get a job, a real job? When are you going to make money?" And all of those questions I got. And they said, "I hope we didn't raise a hum, someone that doesn't make money and just wants to live in a gymnasium and think about their bodies." Well, I endured all of this negative thinking, and the more negative the thinking got, and the more negative the questions got, the stronger and the more positive I became, the stronger I became inside.
当然,我得告诉你们,我父母根本无法理解我的梦想。他们总是疑惑地问:“他在做什么呢?你什么时候能得到一份工作、一份真正的工作?你什么时候能挣钱?”还有一些类似的疑惑。他们会说:“希望我们养的不是一个寻欢作乐的儿子,一个不挣钱却只想在健身馆里考虑他的身材的人。”我承受了所有这一切消极的想法,而且这些想法越消极,我就变得越积极;这些疑虑越多,我就变得越坚强,我的内心也变得更强大。
So of course some of your families maybe think the same way, and this is why I'm mentioning that. Some of your families maybe don't believe in your drems. But let me tell you something, my young friends. Keep your dreams. No matter what, keep your dreams. Don't give up on them, even when you temporarily defeated or denied. Keep your dreams.
当然你们中有些人的家人可能也会这么想,这也是我提起这件事的原因。你们的家人也许不相信你们的梦想,介是,朋友们,让我告诉你们,执着于你的梦想!无论如何,坚持你们的梦想。即使你们遭遇暂时的失败或被否定,也不要放弃你们的梦想。执着于你的梦想。