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更多发布于：2014-06-24 21:36

梦想有多远，你就能飞多远

她很伤心，从臂弯里抬起头，告诉我，她父亲说那些教练讲得不对。他们根本不懂得梦想的力量。她父亲说，如果她真地有心去代表一个好的大学打篮球，如果她真的想获得奖学金，任何东西也不能阻止她，除非她自己没有这个心。
第二年，当她和她的球队去参加北加利福尼亚州冠军赛时，她被一位大学的招生人员看中了。那所大学真地为她提供了一份全额资助的奖学金。父亲又一次跟她说：“如果梦想远大，就一定可以克服艰难险阻。”
I used to watch her from my kitchen window, she seemed so small as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during recess. A sea of children, and yet to me, she stood out from them all.
I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she ran circles around the other kids. She managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her but no one could.
I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing alone. She would practice dribbling and shooting over and over again, sometimes until dark. One day I asked her why she practiced so much. She looked directly in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said,"I want to go to college. The only way I can go is if I get a scholarship. I like basketball. I decided that if I were good enough, I would get a scholarship. I am going to play college basketball. I want to be the best. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don't count." Then she smiled and ran towards the court to recap the routine I had seen over and over again.
Well, I had to give it to her--- she was determined. I watched her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her varsity team to victory.
One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head cradled in her arms. I walked across the street and sat down in the cool grass beside her. Quietly I asked what was wrong. "Oh, nothing," came to a soft reply. "I'm just too short." The coach told her that at"5'5" she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team-- much less offered a scholarship-- so she should stop dreaming about college.
She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tighten as I sensed her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet.She lifted her head from her hands and told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just didn't understand the power of a dream. He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, that nothing could stop her except one thing-- her own attitude. He told her again," if the dream is big enough, the facts don't count."
The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter. She was indeed offered a scholarship, a full ride, to a Division I, NCAA women's basketball team. She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of and worked toward for all those years.
It's true: If the dream is big enough, the facts don't count.
我以前常常从厨房的窗户看到她，她显得那么矮小她使劲穿过操场上的一群男孩。学校在我家的街对面，我经常看到孩子们在课间休息的时候。大海的孩子，但对我来说，她与众不同。
我记得第一天看到她打篮球的。我惊奇地看着她围着其他孩子。她跳起越过他们的头顶进网。男孩们总是试图阻止她，但没有人能。
我开始注意到她在其他时候，篮球在手，玩的。她一遍遍地练习运球和投篮了一遍又一遍，有时直到天黑。有一天我问她为什么这么刻苦地练习。她在我的眼里，不假思索地说，直接看，“我想上大学。我能去的唯一途径就是如果我拿到奖学金。我喜欢篮球。我决定，如果我打得好，我就能获得奖学金。我要到大学去打篮球。我想成为最好的。爸爸告诉我，如果梦想足够大，事实就不算数了。”然后她笑着跑向法庭的练习我看了一遍又一遍的。
嗯，我不得不给她——她是个有决心的。我看着她这些年从初中升到高中。每个星期，她LED她的校队赢得胜利。
在她高中的时候，有一天，我看见她坐在草地上，头埋在胳膊里。我穿过街道，坐在她旁边的清凉的草地上。我轻轻地问出什么错。”哦，没什么，”她轻柔的回答。”只是我太矮了。”教练告诉她，以“5年”，她几乎是没有机会到一流的球队打球——更不用说会获得奖学金——所以她应该放弃想上大学的梦想。
她很伤心，我也觉得自己的喉咙发紧，因为我感觉到了她的失望。我问她是否与她的爸爸谈过这件事。她抬起头，告诉我，她父亲说那些教练错了。他们根本不懂得梦想的力量。他告诉她，如果她真的想要扮演一个好的大学，如果她真的想获得奖学金，任何东西也不能阻止她，除了一件事——她自己的态度。他又一次跟她说，“如果梦想足够大，事实就不算数。”
第二年，当她和她的团队去北加利福尼亚州冠军赛时，她被一个大学生。她真的获得了奖学金，全车，给我司，NCAA女子篮球队。她就要去上大学了，她梦想并为之奋斗了多年。
这是真的：如果梦想足够大，事实就不算。

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