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偉大選手的身影

Roger   Federer....(關於澳洲網球公開賽,贏得第18座大滿貫冠軍杯得主費德勒,您不知道的故事)  

Every   year,   at   the   Australian   Open,   behind   Rodger   Federer's   coach   (earlier   Edberg   and   now   Ljubicic),   sits   an   elderly   couple!   There   is   a   story   to   this   couple,   and   it   shows   what   a   good   human   being   Federer   is.   The   couple   are   Bob   and   Diana   Carter,   the   parents   of   his   first   international   coach,   the   Australian   Peter   Carter.  

每一年的澳洲網球公開賽,都有一對老夫妻坐在費德勒的教練後方,他們不是費德勒父母,而是費德勒的第一位國際教練-澳洲籍《卡特》的父母.而這事更顯出費德勒謙沖為懷的個性

Federer   was   just   nine   when   coach   Carter   took   him   under   his   wing.

In   2002,   in   a   terrible   tragedy,   Carter   died   in   a   car   accident   while   on   a   vacation   with   his   wife.     He   was   only   37   years   of   age.   The   story   goes   that   Federer   (then   21)   was   so   affected   by   his   coach's   death,   he   ran   through   the   streets   of   Toronto   (where   he   was   playing   that   day),   bawling   his   heart   out.  

在費德勒9歲時,卡特收他到門下.然而2002年時,卡特教練和妻子在度假時卻發生車禍,卡特教煉當場死亡,年方37歲.而那時21歲的費德勒正在加拿大多倫多比賽,當他聽聞這惡耗深受打擊,就從飯店跑到街上放聲大哭

Carter   had   recognised   Federer's   genius   at   a   young   age,   and   was   determined   to   make   him   an   all-time   great.   He   was   not   Federer's   first   coach,   but   the   one   who   took   him   from   relative   obscurity   in   Basel   in   Switzerland   to   the   threshold   of   international   greatness.    

Every   year   since   2005,   Federer's   team   sends   an   all-expenses   paid   itinerary   to   the   Adelaide-based   couple   -   first-class   air   tickets,   bookings   in   the   same   hotel   as   Federer,   food,   winner's   parties   and   even   commiseration   parties   in   Melbourne.

卡特教練在費德勒很年輕時就發現他的天份,於是決定要訓練他成為最優秀的網球員.卡特並非是費德勒的第一位教練,但卻是唯一一位將他的實力從普通的球場,提升到國際賽事等級的教練.從2005年起,每一年的澳洲網球公開賽期間,費德勒團隊都支付所有旅行費用給卡特教練的父母,邀請他們到球場觀賽.費用項目涵蓋:頭等艙機票,和費德勒住宿同一家飯店開銷,食物,賽後餐會,甚至連墨爾本舉辦的慈善募款餐會都包含在內

And   they   sit   in   Federer's   box   at   the   Rod   Laver   Arena,   supporting   him   as   if   he   were   their   son.   They   see   their   son   Peter   in   him.   And   Federer   never   forgets   the   Carter   family's   role   in   his   life   and   career.

Federer,   now   34,   may   or   may   not   win   his   18th   Grand   Slam.   But   he   is   one   of   the   greatest   humans   to   have   set   foot   on   a   tennis   court.

他們就坐在費德勒於球場的專屬區域內,支持著就像是他們自己兒子的費德勒.他們在他身上看到卡特的身影,而費德勒也永遠不會忘記卡特家庭在他球員生涯及生活中的影響.目前34歲的費德勒不論是否能贏得他的第18座大滿貫,他都是能將影響力留在網球場上的偉大身影之ㄧ

Remember   the   people   and   the   things   that   have   made   an   impact   in   your   life   and   be   ever   grateful   for   their   contribution   in   making   who   you   are.

記住生活中曾塑造你的人和事,並對其影響充滿感激;因為他們造就現在的你

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