In the old days they, the promoters, wanted more and more from me. They wanted me to jump or spill my blood and break my bones. Every time they wanted me to jump further, and further, and further. Hell, they thought my bike had wings.

  • -- Evel Knievel 埃维尔·克尼维尔

在过去的日子里,他们,那些推销商,对我的要求越来越高。他们想让我跳起来,或者把我的血溅出来,打断我的骨头。每次他们想让我跳得更远,更远,更远。见鬼,他们以为我的自行车有翅膀。

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I've had so many experiences in cycling, but in some ways I have nothing left to prove. I have achieved more than I could have dreamed of, I've raced a lot longer than I thought I would. I know I can still be better, but I just don't know if I love it enough any more.

我有这么多骑自行车的经验,但在某些方面我没有什么可证明的。我已经取得了超出我梦想的成就,我已经跑了比我想象中要长得多的时间。我知道我还可以做得更好,但我不知道我是否还足够爱它。

I'd been a wedding singer through college, but after a few years of doing my best renditions of jazz standards to clinking glasses and the sound of forks on salad, I thought, 'Oh God, if this is all I do, I'll never be able to live with myself.'

大学期间,我一直是一名婚礼歌手,但几年来,我尽我最大的努力演奏爵士乐,演奏出碰杯的声音和沙拉上叉子的声音。

What happens is, when I perform, I'm somewhere else. I go back in time and get in touch with who I really am. I forget my troubles, my worries.

当我表演的时候,我在别的地方。我回到过去,与真实的自己保持联系。我忘记了我的烦恼,我的烦恼。

At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.

在痛苦的时刻,当写作是不可能的,阅读是不够的,语法和字典是很好的分散注意力。

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

一个为国家流血牺牲的好人,事后会得到一笔公平的交易。

There are no conflicts which cannot be resolved unless the true promoters of them remain hidden.

没有不能解决的冲突,除非这些冲突的真正推动者仍然隐藏起来。

The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins.

我父亲的爱国主义的血液在我的血管里是温暖的。