Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.

  • -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. 小奥利弗·温德尔·霍姆斯

人们不会因为变老而停止玩耍;他们变老是因为他们不再玩了。

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I know what I write about seems exotic to a lot of people, but not for me. I pulled up to an old trading post and saw a few elderly Navajos sitting on a bench. I felt right at home.

我知道我写的东西对很多人来说似乎是异国情调,但对我来说却不是。我把车停在一个旧的贸易站前,看见几个上了年纪的纳瓦霍人坐在长凳上。我感觉就像在家里一样。

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.

想要光荣舒适地度过晚年的人,年轻时应该想到自己有一天会变老,年老时应该记住自己曾经年轻过。

That's the hard part about sport: as men we haven't started to be in our prime, but as athletes we are old people. I needed support. I lost trust and did stupid things.

这就是体育运动的艰难之处:作为男人,我们还没有开始进入巅峰时期,但作为运动员,我们已经是老年人了。我需要支持。我失去了信任,做了傻事。

There never yet has been a great system sustained by force under which all the best faculties of men have not slowly withered.

从来没有一个伟大的制度是靠武力来维持的,在这个制度下,人类所有最优秀的才能都没有慢慢衰退。