If indeed, as Hilbert asserted, mathematics is a meaningless game played with meaningless marks on paper, the only mathematical experience to which we can refer is the making of marks on paper.

  • -- Eric Temple Bell 埃里克·坦普尔·贝尔

如果真的如希尔伯特所言,数学是一场毫无意义的游戏,在纸上做着毫无意义的标记,那么我们唯一可以参考的数学经验就是在纸上做标记。

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People have to understand what my game is. It's not all about numbers. There's a bigger picture here. I don't create off the dribble. I rely on my teammates; my role is to set screens and get rebounds.

人们必须理解我的游戏是什么。这不仅仅是数字的问题。这里有一个更大的图景。我不创造运球。我依赖我的队友;我的任务是掩护和抢篮板。

No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it until it also gives the impression of being beautiful.

无论一个数学定理看起来多么正确,一个人永远不应该满足于它没有什么不完美,直到它也给人一种美丽的印象。

I can't stress the importance of working hard enough, work on all aspects of your game. If you does that and you have the ability, you'll come through.

我再怎么强调努力工作的重要性也不为过,在游戏的各个方面都要努力。如果你做到了,并且你有能力,你就会成功。

Archimedes will be remembered when Aeschylus is forgotten, because languages die and mathematical ideas do not.

当埃斯库罗斯被遗忘时,阿基米德将被记住,因为语言会消亡,而数学思想不会。