13. Can I jump over two or three guys like I used to? No. Am I as fast as I used to be? No, but I still have the fundamentals and smarts. That’s what enables me to still be a dominant player. As a kid growing up, I never skipped steps. I always worked on fundamentals because I know athleticism is fleeting.

我还能像以前一样跳跃时跳过两三个人吗？不，我不行。我还能像我以前跑得一样快吗？不，我不行。但我还保有我的基本功跟打球的智慧，这也是让我能一直成为主要球员的原因。成长过程中，我从来没有跳过任何一个步骤，一直按部就班，因为我知道，运动员的生涯是短暂的。

14. I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

我愿意做任何能够赢得比赛的事，即使只是坐在板凳上拧毛巾、递茶水给队员，或投出致胜一球。

15. Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I’m pretty sure we both know what we’re doing.

魔术强森有五个冠军。我也有五个冠军。我敢肯定，我们都知道我们在做什么。

16. I draw from the crowd a lot.

我从人群学习、得到很多借镜。

17. I love going one-on-one with someone. That’s what I do. I’ve never lost. It’s a whole different game, just to have them right in front of you and be able to do whatever you want.

我喜欢和某个人一对一，那正是我擅长的，我从来没输过。这是一个截然不同的比赛，只是要让他们走在你前面然后你就可以做任何你想做的事。

18. I’m extremely willful to win, and I respond to challenges. Scoring titles and stuff like that… it sounds, well, I don’t care how it sounds – to me, scoring comes easy. It’s not a challenge to me to win the scoring title, because I know I can.

我非常有决心的赢了，回应了那些挑战。得分王之类的头衔……它们听起来好像，嗯，我不在乎它们听起来怎样 — 对我来说，得分并不难。赢得得分王的头衔对我来说并不算是个挑战，因为我知道我可以。

19. Everything negative — pressure, challenges — is all an opportunity for me to rise.

每件负面的事 – 压力、挑战 – 都是一个让我提升的机会。

20. These young guys are playing checkers. I’m out there playing chess.

当其他年轻人都在下西洋跳棋时，我已在下西洋象棋了。

21. My parents are my backbone. Still are. They’re the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.

我的父母是我的支柱，现在仍然如此。无论你得的分数是多少，他们都会支持你。

22. If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail.

如果你害怕失败，那你很有可能会失败。

23. The most important thing is you must put everybody on notice that you’re here and you are for real. I’m not a player that is just going to come and go. I’m not a player that is going to make an All-Star team one time, two times. I’m here to be an all-time great. Once I made that commitment and said, ‘I want to be one of the greatest ever’, then the game became everything for me.

最重要的是，你必须让身边每一个人知道你是玩真的。我不是一个只是在这里来来去去的球员，我不是一个只会入选全明星赛一两次而已的球员，我来这里，是要成为一个能够跨时代的伟大球星，一旦我做了承诺，说「我想成为有史以来最伟大的」，那么这场比赛就成为了我的一切。

24. There’s a choice that we have to make as people, as individuals. If you want to be great at something, there’s a choice you have to make. We all can be masters at our craft, but you have to make a choice. What I mean by that is, there are inherent sacrifices that come along with that. Family time, hanging out with friends, being a great friend, being a great son, nephew, whatever the case may be. There are sacrifices that come along with making that decision.

人生中有很多我们要选择的事。如果你想精通某件事情，你必须做出一个选择。我们都可以在我们的领域成为大师，但你必须做出选择。我的意思是每一个我们的决定都会伴随著牺牲。和家人相处、和朋友出去玩，身为一个好朋友，一个好儿子、侄子，依据情况而定。这些决定都会伴随着其他事情的牺牲。

25. Are you willing to push the right buttons even if it means being perceived as the villain? … I’d rather be perceived as a winner than a good teammate. I wish they both went hand in hand all the time but that’s just not reality. … I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.