50年追逐不存在的终点线

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The finish line moves. 终点线会跑。

You think you're almost there and then you look up 你以为快到了，抬头一看

and it's further away than when you started. 比刚开始还远。

I spent 50 years running toward a finish line that didn't exist. 我花了50年追一个不存在的终点线。

Let me tell you something about myself that I'm not proud of. 跟你说件我不太光彩的事。

I grew up poor. 我小时候穷。

Not starving poor, 不是饿到揭不开锅那种穷，

but poor enough to know it. 但穷到自己心里有数。

My father worked at a factory his whole life, 我爸在工厂干了一辈子，

came home tired every night, 每晚累得回家，

hands all beat up, 手都磨烂了，

and people still looked at him like he was nothing, 可别人还是瞧不起他，

like he didn't matter. 觉得他无关紧要。

I watched that. 我都看在眼里。

I was maybe 10, 那时候我大概10岁，

11 years old and I watched how people treated my father. 11岁，看着别人怎么对我爸。

And something in me said, 我心里就冒出一个念头：

that's not going to be me. 我绝不能活成那样。

I'm going to be somebody. 我要出人头地。

I'm going to make people respect me. 我要让别人尊重我。

So that's what I did. 所以我拼了。

I worked. 拼命干。

Lord, I worked. 老天，我真是拼命干。

60, 70 hours a week sometimes. 一周干60、70个小时是常事。

Missed my kids growing up. 错过了孩子长大。

Missed dinners. 错过了晚饭。

Missed baseball games. 错过了棒球赛。