写在《球员故事26：巴特勒》之后

本来这一期视频仅仅想介绍巴特勒的大学生涯，不想介绍他的早年生活。最终，为了【球员故事】的完整性，我还是决定增加了这个部分。

为什么？

"I'm just asking you, don't write it in a way that makes people feel sorry for me. I hate that.

There's nothing to feel sorry about. I love what happened to me. It made me who I am. I'm grateful for the challenges I've faced.

Please, don't make them feel sorry for me."

我请求你，不要以一种让人们感到伤心的方式来写。我不喜欢那样。

没什么好伤心的。我喜欢在我身上发生的事情。这样我成为了现在的样子。

我感恩我曾面对的挑战。

求求了，不要让人们为我感到难过。

                                                                                                                                                                                       ——Jimmy Butler 2011年

关于巴特勒的早年生涯，被生母抛弃的故事。在国内经常被媒体诉说和歌颂，确实是非常励志的故事。但是巴特勒似乎并不喜欢这段往事，也很少提及。

2011年，在选秀前的ESPN采访中，他第一次谈论他的身世。

• 视频版本——https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sv37MqRLCk&t=11s

• 全文——《Jimmy Butler finds a new home, hope》https://www.espn.com/nba/draft2011/columns/story?columnist=ford_chad&page=Butler-110618

大家同样可以参考NBC制作的纪录片《Jimmy Butler: The Long, Winding Road》

在2015年Chicago杂志这篇文章《It’s Good to Be Jimmy Butler》中，巴特勒说过他讨厌过去，他不希望被这段历史所定义。

https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/November-2015/Jimmy-Butler/

"It's because I don't ever want that to define me," he says. "I hated it whenever it came up because that's all anybody ever wanted to talk about. Like, that hasn't gotten me to where I am today. I'm a great basketball player because of my work. I'm a good basketball player because of the people I have around me. And if I continue to be stuck in the past, then I won't get any better. I won't change, I'll get stuck as that kid. That's not who I am. I'm so far ahead of that. I don't hold grudges. I still talk to my family. My mom. My father. We love each other. That's never going to change." In fact, the day I visited Butler, his father was staying with him.