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Thank you. First of all, I have to, I have to thank God.
谢谢。首先，我必须要感谢上帝。
Because 11 years ago, I didn't know if I would be here to accept this award, so....
因为11年前，我都不知道我是否能站在这里领取这个奖项，所以...
It's truly a blessing as everybody has mentioned before.
正如每个人之前提到的，这真的上帝赐福。
I got up here. You do not go into this Hall of Fame and win this honor by yourself.
我走上了这个舞台。进入名人堂并赢得这一荣誉，你绝不是只依靠自己。
Larry you know, you just what a basketball player should be. You....
拉里·伯德，你知道吗，你就是一个篮球运动员应该的样子。你...
The biggest reason that I'm here is because of you, make me go to that gym every summer.
我能在这里的最重要的原因就是因为你，是你让我每个夏天都冲进场馆里。
Not only staying for four hours, but I figure out I'd better stay for six,
不是只在里面练四个小时，而是最好要练六个小时，
because I knew you were there about five or six hours.
因为我知道你会在里面练五或者六个小时。
So it was tremendous playing against you, and I'm just happy and I thank God that I got to know you,
能和你对抗真得非常棒，我很开心，我也很感谢上帝让我认识了你，
not as just Larry Bird the basketball player, but Larry Bird the man. And I appreciate you coming out.
不是仅仅认识身为篮球运动员的拉里·伯德，而是身为男人的拉里·伯德。我很感激你能来。
There's been a lot of people who have touched my life
一路走来，有很多人影响了我的人生，
and made it possible for me to be who I was out on the basketball court.
让我有可能成为了后来篮球场上的自己。
I started off with, the first of all,
首先我要说的就是，
I want to thank all my friends for shoveling the snow off that basketball court with me.
我要感谢我所有的朋友们，和我一起把球场上的雪铲掉。
I know you didn't want to be out there, but you knew I did.
我知道你们不想去球场，但你们知道我想去。
That's why you stayed with me. Dale, Kenny, Dino, James, all of you.
所以你们才和我在一起。没错，就是你们，戴尔，肯尼，迪诺，詹姆斯。
And to all my coaches: Mr. Rose Finn, Mr. Brook House.
另外还要感谢我所有的教练，罗斯·费恩先生还有布鲁克·豪斯先生。
But first of all, Mr. Derek for teaching me the fundamentals of basketball.
但是首先我要感谢德里克先生教会我篮球的基本功。
And you were like a second father to me,
你就像我的第二位父亲一样，
and I thank your wife for always cooking those great tacos after we were done playing.
我还要感谢你的妻子总是在我们打完球之后，做那些美味的墨西哥玉米卷。
I thank my high school coach, Mr. Fox, for teaching me that making your players better with win championships.
我要感谢我的高中教练福克斯先生，感谢你教会我，赢得冠军才能造就更好的球员。
I remember when you, my senior year, and I was after over 40 points,
我还记得我高四的时候，我在争取得分超过40分，
and you said, "Earvin, we will never win with you average over 40 points.
然后你说：“埃尔文，要是你场均得分超过40分，那我们永远不会获胜。
You got an average around 20, 25 and make all the other players better."
你要做的就是平均每场得20、25分，然后让所有其他队员变得更出色。”
And you're the first one who started me off learning that, and I thank you for that.
你是第一个让我开始学习这一点的人，我非常感谢你。
And coach Heathcote, I thank you for defining the basketball guards,
还有希思科特教练，很感谢你定义了篮球后卫这一概念，
when you said, "Hey, guys 6'9", but I'm gonna let him play point guard anyway."
你那时说：“嘿，这小伙子六尺九，但是我就要让他去打控球后卫。”
And you taught me how to be a perfectionist.
你教会了我如何成为一个完美主义者。
You always said, "Earvin, if you're gonna take those shots in the game, you gotta practice and practice."
你总是说：“埃尔文，如果你想在比赛中命中投篮，那你必须不断地练习。”
And then as Eric Snow and all the rest of the guys, you always holler, "Be a guard, not a garbage."
接下来是埃里克·斯诺和其他各位，你们总是叫嚷着：“要成为一个后卫，而不是成为一个垃圾。”
And I hope I was a guard and not a garbage.
我希望我是一个后卫，而不是一个垃圾。
And Tom Izzo, thank you for bringing both of them here, to be here with me.
还有汤姆·伊佐，感谢你把他们俩都带到这里来，和我在一起。
