CUÖNË SACÁ H NAYÂ ÀÛÚCÅ XUÊTË BANÃ THEO HÚPÅ ÀÖNÌ G CHUYÏNÍ GIAO BANÃ QUYÏNÌ ÀÖCÅ QUYÏNÌ TIÏNË G VIÏTÅ TRÏN TOANÂ THÏ Ë GIÚIÁ GIÛÄA TAÁC GIAÃ JACK CANFIELD & MARK VICTOR HANSEN - TÊPÅ ÀOANÂ XUÊTË BANÃ HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS INC., HOA KYÂ VAÂ CÖNG TY FIRST NEWS - TRÑ VIÏÅT, VIÏÅT NAM.
Biên dịch: First News Tái bản lần thứ 5
Playing for keeps: Michael Jordan and the world he made In the past, America’s ideal of beauty had always been an essentially white one; American males had looked longingly in the mirror hoping to see Cary Grant or Gregory Peck or Robert Redford. Michael Jordan, shaved head and all, had given America nothing less than a new definition of beauty for a new age. What America and the rest of the world saw now was nothing less than a kind of New World seigneur, a young man whose manner seemed nothing less than princely. He was most assuredly not to the manner born _ his paternal grandfather had been a tobacco sharecropper in North Carolina. His parents were simple and Chicken Soup to Inspire the Body and Soul 12
Chúi hïët mònh: Michael Jordan vaâ thïë giúái cuãa anh Trûúá c kia, möå t ngûúâ i Myä muöë n àûúå c cöng nhêå n laâ coá neá t àeå p lyá tûúã ng thò trûúá c hïë t hoå phaã i laâ ngûúâ i da trùæ ng; àaâ n öng Myä luön khao khaá t àûúå c laâ hònh boá ng cuã a nhûä ng Cary Grant, Gregory Perk hay Robert Redford. Vêå y maâ , Michael Jordan vúá i caá i àêì u troå c loá c, àaä mang laå i cho thïë hïå múá i cuã a nûúá c Myä möå t khaá i niïå m hoaâ n toaâ n khaá c vïì caá i àeå p. Vúiá nûúcá My ä va â cacá nûúcá khacá trïn thïë giúiá , anh xuêtë hiïnå chùnè g khacá naoâ mötå öng hoanâ g cuaã Thï ë Giúiá Múiá , mötå thanh niïn vúiá phong cacá h chùnè g kemá gò cacá bêcå vûúng gia.ã Ào á hoanâ toanâ khöng phaiã la â phong cacá h bêmí sinh cuaã Jordan _ öng nöiå cuaã anh la â mötå taá àiïnì trönì g thuöcë la á ú ã miïnì Bùcæ Carolina. Cha me å anh la â nhûnä g ngûúiâ sönë g kha á gianã dõ vaâ Chicken Soup to Inspire the Body and Soul 13
hardworking people, the first in their families to enjoy full rights of American citizenship, and they produced a young man who carried himself with remarkable natural grace. Because of the loving way he had been raised and because of the endless series of triumphs he had scored over the years, he had an inner confidence that was simply unshakable. His manner with all kinds of people in even the briefest of meetings was usually graceful, particularly for someone subjected to so many pressures, and those who needed sympathies. He had charm, was very much aware of it, and used it skillfully and naturally, rationing it out in just the proper doses. He was easy to like, and people seemed to vie to be liked by him. Veteran sportswriter Mark Heisler once noted in a magazine article that he had never wanted an athlete to like him as much as he did Michael Jordan. Each year he seemed to add a new chapter to the legend in the making. Chicken Soup to Inspire the Body and Soul 14
Chicken Soup to Inspire the Body and Soul 15 cênì mênî trong lao àönå g, ho å la â nhûnä g ngûúiâ àêuì tiïn trong donâ g ho å àûúcå hûúnã g àêyì àuã quyïnì cöng dên cuaã mötå ngûúiâ My ä va â ho å àaä sinh ra anh, mötå thanh niïn coá phong cacá h tao nha ä bêmí sinh khacá thûúnâ g. Vúiá nhûnä g tònh camã yïu mïnë cuaã moiå ngûúiâ danâ h cho mònh va â hanâ g loatå nhûnä g thanâ h tñch àaä àatå àûúcå trong nhûnä g nùm qua, anh coá àûúcå sûå tû å tin khöng dïî gò lay chuyïní . Anh luön cû xûã nhaä nhùå n, ngay caã trong nhûä ng lêì n gùå p mùå t ngùæ n nguã i, àùå c biïå t laâ àöë i vúá i nhûä ng ngûúâ i àang chõu quaá nhiïì u aá p lûå c vaâ nhûä ng ai àang cêì n sûå àöì ng caã m. Anh coá sûá c thu huá t vaâ yá thûá c àûúå c àiïì u àoá , anh vêå n duå ng noá möå t caá ch kheá o leá o, tûå nhiïn vaâ chûâ ng mûå c. Anh rêë t dïî mïë n vaâ dûúâ ng nhû moå i ngûúâ i àïì u muöë n chen chên àïí chiïë m àûúå c caã m tònh cuã a anh. Nhaâ baá o thïí thao kyâ cûå u Mark Heisler tûâ ng viïë t trïn möå t taå p chñ rùç ng öng chûa tûâ ng mong muöë n chiïë m àûúå c tònh caã m cuã a bêë t cûá möå t vêå n àöå ng viïn naâ o nhiïì u nhû vúá i Michael Jordan. Dûúâng nhû möîi nùm, anh laåi böí sung thïm möåt chûúng múái vaâo cêu chuyïån huyïìn thoaåi àang viïët dúã vïì àúâi mònh.
Probably the most remarkable chapter had been written in June, when he woke up violently ill before Gime Five of the NBA (National Basketball Association) finals against the Utah Jazz. Whether it was altitude sickness or food poisoning, no one was ever sure. Later it was reported that he had woken up with a fever of 103. That was not true: his temperature was high, but not that high, not over 100, but he had been so ill during the night that it seemed impossible that he would play. At about 8 A.M., Jordan’s bodyguards called Chip Schaefer, the team trainer, to tell him that Jordan was deathly ill. Schaefer rushed to Jordan’s room and found him curled up in a fetal position, wrapped in blankets and pathetically weak. He had not slept at all. He had an intense headache, and had suffered violent nausea throughout the night. The greatest player in the world looked like a frail, weak zombie. It was inconceivable that he might play that day. Chicken Soup to Inspire the Body and Soul 16
Nhûng coá leä, chûúng ghi dêëu àêåm neát nhêët àûúåc viïët höìi thaáng saáu, khi anh vêîn gûúång dêåy trong luác cú thïí àang öëm nùång ngay trûúác trêån chung kïët thûá 5 vúái Utah Jazz trong giaãi NBA (Hiïåp höåi Boáng röí nhaâ nghïì Myä). Khöng ai biïët àûúåc rùçng àoá laâ vò anh bõ chûáng choáng mùåt do àöå cao hay bõ ngöå àöåc thûåc phêím. Sau àoá ngûúâi ta thöng baáo rùçng anh àaä tónh, cú thïí söët cao hún 40oC. Nhûng àiïìu àoá laâ khöng chñnh xaác. Thên nhiïåt anh rêët cao nhûng khöng cao quaá 39oC, nhûng anh àaä söët cao suöët àïm vaâ coá veã nhû khöng thïí tham gia trêån àêëu àûúåc. Khoaãng 8 giúâ saáng, cêån vïå cuãa Jordan goåi cho huêën luyïån viïn Chip Schaefer vaâ baáo tin Jordan àang bïånh nùång nhû sùæp chïët. Schaefer lao nhanh àïën phoâng cuãa Jordan vaâ thêëy anh nùçm trong tû thïë co quùæp nhû möåt baâo thai, ngûúâi quêën mïìn kñn mñt vaâ tröng anh yïëu sûác àïën thaãm haåi. Anh àaä khöng thïí chúåp mùæt àûúåc chuát naâo. Suöët àïm anh phaãi chõu àûång nhûäng cún àau àêìu vaâ buöìn nön thêåt khuãng khiïëp. Vêån àöång viïn vô àaåi nhêët thïë giúái luác naây tröng giöëng nhû möåt thêy ma yïëu àuöëi vaâ nhúåt nhaåt. Thêåt khöng thïí tin laâ anh laåi coá thïí thi àêëu ngay trong ngaây höm àoá. Chicken Soup to Inspire the Body and Soul 17
Chicken Soup to Inspire the Body and Soul 190 MUÅC LUÅC Introduction 6 Lúâi giúái thiïåu 7 Playing for keeps: Michael Jordan and the world he made 12 Chúi hïët mònh: Michael Jordan vaâ thïë giúái cuãa anh 13 Starting over 28 Bùæt àêìu laåi 29 Racing for life 44 Giaânh giêåt sûå söëng 45 Choosing life 66 Lûåa choån cuöåc söëng 67 The red ribbon 76 Daãi bùng àoã 77 The little white shoes 86 Àöi giaây trùæng nhoã beá 87
Chicken Soup to Inspire the Body and Soul 191 My favorite injury 102 Chêën thûúng àaáng nhúá nhêët cuãa töi 103 Living life to the fullest 120 Söëng cuöåc söëng viïn maän 121 My first miracle 132 Àiïìu kyâ diïåu cuãa cuöåc söëng 133 The fawn 138 Chuá nai con 139 The only way to begin is to begin 150 Caách duy nhêët àïí bùæt àêìu möåt viïåc laâ haäy bùæt àêìu 151 “Rags” to riches 166 Kho baáu Rags 167 Vïì taác giaã vaâ sûå ra àúâi cuãa Chicken Soup for the Soul 182
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