NBA之所以经久不衰，人气爆棚，除了精彩的比赛外，一帮大佬们打球之余，在媒体前面说话也是头头是道，能言善辩。

很多一流巨星都是灌鸡汤的高手。下面来看看他们给熬制的鸡汤，看看到底味道如何。中文由笔者翻译，虽然英文水平一般，但好在中文水平还行，希望各位能看懂。

Michael Jordan 迈克尔乔丹

Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.

即使当我又老又残，再也打不动篮球了，我依然热爱着篮球运动。

Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

困难阻止不了你，如果你头撞南墙，无需绕开或放弃，爬过它，穿越它，你才能成功。

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

有人想事情发生，有人希望事情发生，但有些人直接努力使事情发生。

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

天赋可以赢得比赛，但团队合作和智慧才能带来冠军。

The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.

篮球运动就像我的爱人一样，它要求我忠诚和责任，但回报给我满足感和平和。

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty six times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

我曾经打铁9000多次，输掉300多场比赛。我被队友信任出手过26次决胜关键球。我一而再再而三地失败过，这就是我为啥能成功的原因。

I would tell players to relax and never think about what's at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If you start to think about who is going to win the championship, you've lost your focus.

我想告诉球员的是你要放松心情，不要去考虑太多一场球的利害关系。专注于比赛。如果你去考虑谁会赢得总冠军，你就会失去对比赛的专注。

Magic Johnson 魔术师约翰逊

Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.

不要老是要求你队友为你做什么，而是要求自己可以为队友做什么。

Kobe Bryant 科比布莱恩特

Everything negative -- pressure, challenges -- are all an opportunity for me to rise.

所有负面的情绪——压力，竞争——都是自我提升的机会。

Jerry West 杰里韦斯特

You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.

如果你只在你感觉舒服的时候才努力工作，那你将荒废一生。

Charles Barkley 查尔斯巴克利

If you are afraid of failure you don't deserve to be successful!

害怕失败，你就不值得拥有成功。

Shaquille O'Neal 沙奎尔奥尼尔

Me shooting 40% at the foul line is just God's way to say nobody's perfect.

看我着糟糕的40%的罚球命中率，你就明白上帝不会让任何人拥有十全十美的身体。

Larry Bird 拉里伯德

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

不断鼓励自己坚持住，直到蜂鸣器响起之前都要寸土不让。

I've got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.

我有一个经验，只要你全力以赴了，事情迟早都会得到解决。

这些貌似显浅的鸡汤，其实也是这些大佬的真实写照。但是，鸡汤还是鸡汤，他只能是成功人士装13的道具而已。比如说失败是成功之母这句话，打铁9000次这话，放在帮主身上听起来好他喵的高大上，好有道理哟。问题是放在你我的身上呢，怎么觉得那么不舒服呢？我他喵的都失败了大半辈子了，我咋就看不到成功在哪里呢？

仁者见仁智者见智，不需要过多解读这些鸡汤，郁闷的时候，拿来激励一下自己挺好的，但不要过多地相信这些玩意，因为，只有自己才知道自己的位置和困苦。时不时的多点回看一下自己，说不定就找到方法了。一起共勉吧。