到這里絕對還沒有結(jié)束,我的競爭意識與我一同進(jìn)入了職業(yè)籃壇。我成為自己引以為豪的公牛隊(duì)的一員。那時(shí)球隊(duì)老板還不是杰瑞·勞恩斯多夫,而是另一群管理層。拉夫在選秀時(shí)選了我,凱文·拉齊是我的第一任教練。凱文在訓(xùn)練時(shí)把我放在先發(fā)球員里,他為了讓訓(xùn)練更有競爭性,訓(xùn)練賽輸?shù)舻囊魂?duì)要跑圈。剛開始我們這隊(duì)領(lǐng)先,但是半場的時(shí)候,凱文把我換到了落后的那一隊(duì)。我把這個(gè)當(dāng)做激勵(lì)我的動(dòng)力,我知道這是為了歷練我,而往往10次里面有9次這一隊(duì)會反敗為勝,無論他怎么做都一樣。所以我很感謝凱文給我這樣的機(jī)會。他讓我的求勝欲望更加強(qiáng)烈。
Jerry Reinsdorf, I mean what else can I say. The next year when I came back I broke my foot; Iwas out of 65 games. And when I came back I want to play. The doctor came with his oldtheory that you can play only seven minutes a game, but I am practicing two hours a day. I amsaying, well, I don't agree with that math. And back then, whoever has the worst record getsthe most balls in Ping-Pang balls, you know you can decide what pick you can have, but I didn'tcare aobut that. I just wanted to win. I wanna make to playoffs. I wanna keep the energy goingin Chicago. So I had to go into his office and sat down with him and say "Jerry, I feel like Ishould play more than 14 minutes and practice more than two hours." He said "We have toprotect the long-term investment we've invested on you." I said "I really think I should be ableto play." He said "Let me ask you this, if you had a headache." At that time, there was tenpercent chance that I can reinjure my ankle or my foot. He said "if you had a headache and yougot ten tablets, and one of them is coated with poison, would you take it?" I looked at himand said "How bad is that headache. How bad is that headache." Jerry looked at me and said"You are OK, I guess you had a good answer, you can go back to play. You let me allow you togo back and play."
杰瑞·瑞斯卓福——我能說他什么好呢?第二年我打了七場就傷了腳,錯(cuò)過了65場比賽。康復(fù)之后我很想打球,但隊(duì)醫(yī)堅(jiān)持他的老一套,頭頭是道地說我每場只能打七分鐘,而我每天都會訓(xùn)練兩小時(shí)——我可不管這些算術(shù)上的問題。當(dāng)時(shí)的選秀規(guī)則是戰(zhàn)績最爛的球隊(duì)得到最好的選秀權(quán),我說:你們想破罐子破摔弄個(gè)好簽,這我不管,我只是想比賽和贏球,想進(jìn)入季后賽,使公牛隊(duì)保持那股干勁,所以我去了他的辦公室,對他說:“杰瑞,我可以每天訓(xùn)練兩小時(shí),每場打14分鐘。”他說:“我們對你是長期投資,在你身上我們傾注了很多心血。”我說:“我真的想?yún)⒓颖荣悺?rdquo;他說:“我跟你講,假設(shè)你頭疼,”那時(shí),有10%的可能性我會再次傷到腳踝或腳。他說:“假如你頭疼,有10個(gè)藥片,其中有一個(gè)是有毒的,你還會吃藥嗎?”我看看他,回答說“那得看頭疼有多嚴(yán)重。”杰瑞說:“我想你已經(jīng)給出了明確的答案,好吧,你說服了我,你可以去參加比賽了。”