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Grant Hill - Heart
格兰特·希尔讲解“运动员精神”

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• conquer
• adversity
• fight through
• facet

• heart
• sportsmanship
• defender
• rookie

• fight

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Few athletes in any sport have as much heart as Grant Hill. He has won the NBA’s sportsmanship award three times. Not only does he score a lot of points, but he is also a great defender.

Grant won the college national championship twice with Duke University. He went on to win the NBA Rookie of the Year award and be one of the best players in the league. But soon, he got injured and struggled to get healthy for several years. After a lot of hard work, Grant is once again a very effective player.

These are all examples of why Grant has heart, but they don’t explain exactly what “heart” means. We asked Grant to teach the meaning of this term at a recent practice.

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Dialog

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Jason

Grant

Jason:  Welcome to English, baby! I am Jason here with Grant Hill. We were hoping you could help us learn the term “heart.” As a slang term, what does it mean?

Grant:  Yeah. I think when you say someone has heart, it means they have determination. They have resolve. They have fight. They’re going to play with a lot of emotion and a lot of energy. You know, those are the type of players, the type of competitors, that you want on your side, guys that have heart. To me, that’s what playing with heart means.

Jason:  You’ve conquered a lot of injuries in your career. Did that take heart?

Grant:  I think so. I think so. It takes the old expression, when you get knocked down, you’re gonna get right back up, and to me, that sort of exemplifies what having heart is all about. You know, it’s not always going to be pretty. It’s not always going to be successful. But you’re gonna have a certain spirit about you, a certain fight about you that even in the midst of adversity and obstacles, you’re gonna still fight through them. When you have that, when you have that kind of resolve, then you have heart.

Jason:  You’re also a great defender. Is heart a part of playing defense too?

Grant:  Yeah. Heart, it’s pride. It’s discipline. It’s taking it personal. On defense, you have to have heart. Rebounding, you have to have heart. There are so many different positions and different facets of the game that require heart, and there are guys in this league who have had long careers, who are considered average players but have figured out a specialty and done it well, and in order to do that, you have to have tremendous heart.

Grant:  Alright, English, baby! Sounds good.

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