羅傑.費德勒 2024 畢業典禮演講摘要

羅傑.費德勒(瑞士籍網球職業選手)於2024年在達特茅斯學院的畢業典禮上演講

Speech summary (演講重點摘要):

1. Effortless is a myth. 毫不費力是神話

People would say my play was effortless. The truth is, I had to work very hard to make it look easy. I had been working hard before the tournament when nobody was watching.

人們會說我的表演輕而易舉。事實是，我必須非常努力才能讓它看起來輕鬆。在沒有人注意的時候，我在比賽前一直在努力工作。

Talent matters. I'm not going to stand here and tell you it doesn't. But talent has a broad definition. Most of the time, it's not about having a gift. It's about having grit. In tennis, like in life, discipline is also a talent, and so is patience. Trusting yourself is a talent. Embracing the process, loving the process is a talent. Managing your life and managing yourself, these can be talents too. Some people are born with them. Everybody has to work at them.

天賦很重要。我不會站在這裡告訴你天賦不重要。但是天賦的定義很廣泛。大多數時候，這不是關於擁有天賦，而是關於擁有毅力。在網球中，像在生活中一樣，紀律也是一種天賦，耐心也是一種天賦。相信自己是一種天賦。擁抱過程、熱愛過程是一種天賦。管理你的生活和管理你自己，這些也可以是天賦。有些人天生擁有這些天賦。但每個人都必須努力去培養這些天賦。

2. You can work harder than you though possible and still lose.

你可以比自己想象的更努力，但仍然會失敗。

I tried not to lose, but I did lose, sometimes big. The truth is, whatever game you play in life, sometimes you're going to lose a point, a match, a season, and a job. It's a rollercoaster with many ups and downs. And it's natural when you're down to doubt yourself to feel sorry for yourself. But negative energy is wasted energy. You want to become a master at overcoming hard moments. That is, to me, the sign of a champion. The best in the world are not the best because they win every point. They know they'll lose again and again, and have learned how to deal with it. You move on, be relentless, adapt and grow. Work harder and work smarter.

我努力不想輸，但我還是輸了，有時輸得很慘。事實是，無論你在生活中玩什麼遊戲，有時你會輸掉一分、一場比賽、一個賽季，甚至一份工作。這是一個充滿起伏的過山車。當你處於低谷時，懷疑自己、為自己感到難過是很自然的。但負面能量是浪費的能量。你要成為克服困難時刻的大師。對我來說，這才是冠軍的標誌。世界上最優秀的人並不是因為他們贏得每一分。他們知道自己會一次又一次地輸，並學會了如何應對。你要繼續前進，不懈努力，適應並成長。要更努力，更聰明地工作。

3. Life is bigger than the court. 生活比球場更廣闊。

A tennis court is a small space, 2,106 square feet to be exact. I knew that tennis could show me the world, but tennis could never be the world. Even I was in the top five, it was important to me to have a rewarding life, full of travel, friendships, and especially family. I never abandoned my roots. I never forgot where I came from. I also never lost my appetite to see the very big world. These are the reasons I never burned out maybe.

一個網球場是一個小空間，確切地說是2,106平方英尺。我知道網球可以讓我看到世界，但網球永遠不能成為我的整個世界。即使我在排名前五，對我來說，擁有充實的生活是很重要的，這包括旅行、友誼，特別是家庭。我從未放棄我的根，我從未忘記我來自哪裡。我也從未失去對這個廣闊世界的渴望。這些可能就是我從未感到倦怠的原因。