考古系 - Joe Montana & Jerry Rice

这辈子没怎么追过星，一大原因就是喜欢的明星离我实在太遥远。无论是远在天国的邓丽君、梅姐、塞纳、霍洛维茨，还是远在天边的凯文科斯特纳、德尼罗、曼宁……去年哈恩女神来的时候，几乎花痴了一个星期！同样的，当初2013年和2014年乔蒙塔纳和杰里莱斯相继造访中国并来到我们腰旗的比赛时，真的是好兴奋！

Joe Montana, known as “Cool Joe”, is one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history. He got a perfect winning streak - winning all his 4 Super Bowl appearance. Meantime, Jerry Rice was THE GREATEST wide receiver of all time. His total yardage and touchdown record lead the league’s franchise record for more than two decades, and nobody - I mean not possible anybody - could even reach his record. The best WRs nowadays who lead the active record list are almost 10,000 yards shorter. His unbelivable long career was also a greatness to be mentioned. Playing with 3 more quarterbacks, winning 3 SBs with Joe and Steve for the 49ers, dominating the entire 80’s and half of the 90’s, being much better than the average even in his last season… Those two are really living legends!

去见酷毙乔的那次还是挺偶然的。2013年刚被大学录取不久，还没有正式成为北邮橄榄球队的成员。只是NFL官方微博的一条推送，就让我下定决心花了400元巨款，只为见偶像一面，当然，还有超棒的自助餐和一个赠球。其实当时是有乔在场的微型训练营的，只是我们并没机会参加，而且在上海的活动明显比北京丰富得多。当然，第二年莱斯来的时候情况完全逆转啦~

That night of greeting with Joe was not perfect, especially with my obsurd question choice. I’d have posed a much better one than that of his life after retirement. I could’ve asked him about Elway, I could’ve asked his about his tight spin and his dicisiveness. Still, he was just so cool to talk about his experiences. After the dinner, everyone who want to take a photo with him gained a chance. So that’s the story of that picture above.

当然啦，那天的晚餐确实很好，但这并不是来的主要目的。还在场认识了几个NFL中国的行政官员，不过后来也没联系了。现在在做NFL官网的兼职翻译，有机会还是慢慢来吧，喜欢一项运动不该是十分钟热度。

The other day in November 2014, I got the news that Jerry Rice will be at the court where we just played our weekly tournament. That was a blast! I went as quick as possible to fetch my Wilson authentic ball with Joe’s signature on it, hoping to gather all those two names on the same ball. As you can see in the pictures below, I did it!

这段正好轮到中文了，那就着重写一下吧。莱斯真的人特别好，很关心橄榄球运动的发展。无论是我们这种球员，还是对橄榄球一无所知的小朋友，他都一视同仁，充满了热情地say hello，整场训练营加上签名，他一直都在鼓励我们这群菜鸡球员要加油，好好打，接到每一个传球都为我们鼓掌，hurdle的时候也非常努力地调动起来气氛。签名的时候和每一个穿了队服的球员认真地握手。不得不说 他的手劲儿还真的很大。怪不得我们经常接球脱手而职业球员不会，都是练出来的。莱斯以他现在的身体状况，我甚至觉得继续上场每场拿个100码完全不是问题。不仅体型保持的很好，手感依旧，而且除了斑白的鬓角和胡须外完全看不出是个年逾五十的中年人了。关键是，他的眼里还有那种光芒，或许可以称为运动家的精气神，你看到那种眼神，就觉得我们今天能赢球的感觉。

很有幸在camp里接到两次Jerry大叔的传球，还有一次接球脱手……右侧三步四十五脱手，我至今记忆犹新……

There is another photo of Jerry Rice. Maybe you could perceive what I mentioned above. “The Light of Sportsmanship”

That’s why we play. That’s the glamour of football.