乔丹退役演说

1/4乔丹退役演说IAMHERETOANNOUNCEMYRETIREMENTFROMTHEGAMEOFBASKETBALLITWONTBEANOTHERANNOUNCEMENTTOBASEBALLORANYTHINGTOTHATNATUREMENTALLY,IMEXHAUSTED,IDONTFEELIHAVEACHALLENGEPHYSICALLY,IFEELGREATTHELASTTIMEIN1993IHADOTHERAGENDASIFELTTHATIWANTEDTOPLAYBASEBALLANDIFELTTHATATMYAGE,ITWASAGOODOPPORTUNITYANDTIMETODOITANDWITHTHEDEATHOFMYFATHER,ANDIWASBASICALLYTRYINGTODEALWITHTHATACTUALLYITALKEDTOJERRYLASTYEARONCETHESEASONENDEDANDITOLDJERRYATTHATTIME,MENTALLY,IWASALITTLEEXHAUSTEDIDIDNTKNOWIFIWOULDPLAYNEXTYEARIWANTEDTOPUTHIMONAWARENESSSOTHATHECOULDPOSSIBLYPREPAREGOINGINTONEXTSEASONANDJERRY,ONCEWEHADOURCONVERSATION,WANTEDMETOTAKETIMEASIDIDIN93TOMAKESURETHATITWASTHERIGHTDECISIONBECAUSEITWASGOINGTOBETHEFINALDECISIONIRETIREDTHEFIRSTTIMEWHENPHILJACKSONWASTHECOACHANDITHINKTHATEVENWITHPHILBEINGTHECOACH2/4IWOULDHAVEHADATOUGHTIME,MENTALLYFINDINGTHECHALLENGEFORMYSELFALTHOUGHHECANSOMEHOWPRESENTCHALLENGESFORMEIDONTKNOWIFHECOULDHAVEPRESENTEDTHECHALLENGEFORMETOCONTINUEONTOTHISSEASON“EVENTHOUGHMIDDLEWAYOFTHISSEASONIWANTEDTOCONTINUETOPLAYACOUPLEMOREYEARS,BUTATTHEENDOFTHISSEASONIWASMENTALLYDRAINEDANDTIREDSOICANTSAYTHATHEWOULDHAVERESTOREDTHATIWILLSUPPORTTHECHICAGOBULLSITHINKTHEGAMEITSELFISALOTBIGGERTHANMICHAELJORDANIVEBEENGIVENANOPPORTUNITYBYPEOPLEBEFOREME,TONAMEAFEW,KAREEMABDULJABBAR,DOCTORJ,ELJOHNBAYLOR,JERRYWESTTHESEGUYSPLAYEDTHEGAMEWAYBEFOREMICHAELJORDANWASBORNANDMICHAELJORDANCAMEONTHEHEELSOFALLTHATACTIVITYMRSTERNANDWHATHESDONEFORTHELEAGUE,GAVEMEANOPPORTUNITYTOPLAYTHEGAMEOFBASKETBALLIPLAYEDITTOTHEBESTICOULDPLAYIT,ITRIEDTOENHANCETHEGAMEITSELFIVETRIEDTOBETHEBESTBASKETBALLPLAYERTHATICOULDBE我在这里宣布从篮球场上退役，而且这次退役后不会再去从事棒球或其他类似的运动。3/4由于精神上很疲惫，我感到自己非常缺乏挑战力；体力倒还不错。1993年那次退役时我有其他计划想打棒球，我这个年纪正是从事棒球事业的极佳时机。而且父亲刚好去世了，我只想尽力去面对这一切。事实上，去年赛季刚结束时，我和杰里谈过一次。我告诉他我精神上有些疲惫，不知到下一年还能不能打。我想让他意识到这一点，以便为下一赛季做准备。杰里有一次我们谈过这个问题让我要象93年那样，好好考虑，以便作出明智的决定，因为这将是最后决定。第一次退役时费尔杰克逊是教练。但我觉得既使本赛季他还担任教练，我也会很困难，内心里，我已感受到了挑战。当然无论如何，他都会给我一些应对方法的。我不知到他是否还有办法使我打完这一赛季。在本赛季中间我还想着再打几年呢，但当赛季结束时，我却感觉精神枯竭，疲惫。因此我确实不能说他会使我恢复精力。我将支持芝加哥公牛队，我认为比赛本身比迈克尔乔丹重要得多。我的很多机会都是篮球前辈们给的。我这里指出一些贾巴尔，J博士，韦思特。这