Re: [花邊] Chris Paul退休
※ 引述《EZ78 (EZ78)》之銘言：
: https://x.com/joeylinn_/status/2022367127798481247
: Chris Paul has announced his retirement.
: Chris Paul宣布退休
: 連等都不用等 直接決定退休了
: 珍重再見
: https://i.meee.com.tw/kqTtNXQ.jpg
補上翻譯全文：
This is it! After over 21 years I’m stepping away from basketball. As I write this, it’s hard to really know what to feel, but for once – most people would be surprised – I don’t have the answer lol! But, mostly I’m filled with so much joy and gratitude! While this chapter of being an “NBA player” is done, the game of basketball will forever be engrained in the DNA of my life. I’ve been in the NBA for more than half of my life, spanning three decades. It’s crazy even saying that!! Playing
basketball for a living has been an unbelievable blessing that also came with lots of responsibility. I embraced it all. The good and the bad. As a lifelong learner, leadership is hard and is not for the weak. Some will like you and many people won’t. But the goal was always the goal, and my intentions were always sincere (Damn, I love competing!!)
It feels really good knowing that I played and treated this game with the utmost respect since the day my dad introduced me to it. It was the very first relationship I ever knew. Basketball gave me a reason to wake up at 5am and work out before school. It gave me a reason to find a way to get to the YMCA on snow days even when the roads were icy. It gave me a reason to be the little brother always trying to beat his big brother. It gave me a reason to earn good grades so I could have a chance to play in
college. It gave me a reason to score 61 points in a game even though my grandfather had just been killed. It gave me a reason to show up and rehab day after day after the meniscus tear, the jones fracture, the separated shoulder and the 5 hand surgeries…
The game always gave me a reason to SHOW UP!!! And the true leaders and fighters know that that right there – showing up – is half of the battle.
So now with all the gratitude that I could possibly have… it’s time for me to show up for others and in other ways. This last season I knew I couldn’t do it unless I was at home with my family. Those six years away were a lot of sacrifice for all of us and I knew that had to come to an end. And I now know wholeheartedly the best teammate I can be is to Jada, Chris II and Cam!!
I am so excited to take with me to the next chapter all the incredible things basketball has taught me. And more importantly that the people I have been blessed to meet through basketball have taught me.
To all the teammates, coaches, staff, executives and most of all family. I can't begin to thank you enough...but the good news is I'll now have much more time to start!
And the biggest thanks of all goes to the man upstairs...if you know this and are reading feel free to finish.."God is Good, All the Time and All the Time..."
就是現在了！在超過21年的籃球生涯後，我即將離開籃球。當我寫下這些文字時，我其實很難真正知道自己的感受，但這一次——多數人可能會很驚訝——我沒有答案，哈哈！
但更多的是，我的內心充滿了無比的喜悅與感激。雖然身為一名「NBA球員」的這個篇章結束了，但籃球這項運動將永遠刻在我生命的DNA裡。我在NBA已經超過了半輩子，橫跨三個年代。光是說出這句話都覺得不可思議！！
能以打籃球為生是一種難以置信的祝福，但同時也伴隨著許多責任。我擁抱這一切，無論是好的還是壞的。作為一個終身學習者，領導並不容易，也不是弱者能承擔的。有些人會喜歡你，很多人不會。但目標始終是目標，而我的初衷一直都是真誠的（該死，我真的熱愛競爭！！）
知道自己從父親第一次帶我接觸籃球的那天起，就一直以最大的尊重去對待這項運動，這種感覺真的很好。那是我人生中第一段建立的關係。
籃球給了我理由在早上5點起床，在上學前訓練。
它給了我理由在下雪天、道路結冰時，仍然想辦法去YMCA。
它給了我理由成為那個總是想打敗哥哥的弟弟。
它給了我理由努力讀書，讓自己有機會打大學籃球。
它給了我理由在祖父剛被殺害後，仍然在一場比賽中拿下61分。
它給了我理由在半月板撕裂、Jones骨折、肩膀分離，以及5次手部手術後，日復一日地復健……
籃球一直給我一個理由去「出現（SHOW UP）」！！！
真正的領袖與戰士都知道，「出現」本身就已經是成功的一半。
所以現在，帶著我所能擁有的一切感激之情……是時候讓我用不同的方式，為其他人而「出現」了。
這最後一個賽季，我知道如果我不能待在家人身邊，我就無法繼續下去。這六年的分離對我們所有人來說都是巨大的犧牲，而我知道這必須結束。
而現在，我全心全意地知道，對Jada、Chris II 和 Cam，我能成為最好的隊友
我非常興奮能帶著籃球教我的所有美好事物開啟 人生新篇章。更重要的是，我還有幸透過籃球認識的人教會了我很多。
致所有隊友、教練、工作人員、管理階層，以及最重要的 家人。我無法用言語表達我的感激之情 不過好消息是，我現在將有更多的時間來開始！ 而最要感謝的，是上帝 如果你知道這一點並且正在閱讀這篇文章，請隨意接上一句：“上帝是仁慈的，永遠如此 ”
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