in 1934, when I was teaching at a high school in South Bend, Indiana,

私なりに成功の定義をしたのは

being a little bit disappointed, and delusioned perhaps, by

1934年　インディアナの高校で教えていた時

the way parents of the youngsters in my English classes

私は少し戸惑い、がっかりしました

expected their youngsters to

英語のクラスの学生の親は

get an A or a B. They thought a C was all right for the neighbors' children,

子供たちにAかBをとる事だけを

because the neighbors children are all average.

期待していた　近所の子がCを取ってもいいが...

But they weren't satisfied when their own --

近所の子供はみな平均的だから

would make the teacher feel that they had failed, or the youngster had failed.

しかし自分の子の場合は不満で

And that's not right. The good Lord in his infinite wisdom

むしろ　悪いのは教師だとでも言いたげだった

didn't create us all equal as far as intelligence is concerned,

これは間違いだ　全能の父なる神は

any more than we're equal for size, appearance.

人間の形や見た目、知能でさえも

Not everybody could earn an A or a B, and I didn't like that way of judging it.

平等には作られなかった

And I did know how the alumni of various schools

みんながみんなAやBを取ることが出来る　こんな評価は好きではない。

back in the 30s judged coaches and athletic teams.

30年代に　卒業生や学校関係者が

If you won them all, you were considered to be reasonably successful --

コーチやチームをどう評価したかは知らない

not completely. Because I found out --

全勝していれば　まあ「成功」のようだが

we had a number of years at UCLA where we didn't lose a game.

でもそうとは限らなかった　なぜなら

But it seemed that we didn't win each individual game by the margin

私たちはUCLAで何年間も負けを知らなかったが

that some of our alumni had predicted and

小差でギリギリ勝ったとき以外は

quite frequently I --

結果をよまれていた

(Laughter)

それでときどき　私は

-- quite frequently I really felt that they had backed up their predictions

（笑）

in a more materialistic manner.

私はその読みにもっと実利に基づいた

But that was true back in the 30s, so I understood that.

裏付けでもあったのかと思った

But I didn't like it. And I didn't agree with it.

30年代にそれは普通で　理解できたが

And I wanted to come up with something that I hoped could make me a better teacher,

私は賛成しなかった

and give the youngsters under my supervision --

望むような良い教師になれて生徒に慕ってもらえるような

whether it be in athletics or in the English classroom --

何かが欲しくて

something to which to aspire,

体育でも英語の授業でも

other than just a higher mark

成績以外に

in the classroom, or more points in some athletic contest.

目標と出来る何かが

I thought about that for quite a spell,

教室でも、大会でも通用するような何かが

and I wanted to come up with my own definition. I thought that might help.

しばらくの間考えて

And I knew how Mr. Webster defined it:

自分なりの定義を造ってみた

as the accumulation of material possessions

ウェブスターの定義は知っていたが

or the attainment of a position of power or prestige, or something of that sort --

物質的財産の蓄積だとか

worthy accomplishments perhaps,

権力や名声の類いのことだ

but in my opinion not necessarily indicative of success.

それらはもちろん価値あることだが

So I wanted to come up with something of my own.

私には成功を導くものとは限らない

And I recalled -- I was raised on a small farm in Southern Indiana

だから私なりの定義が必要だった

and Dad tried to teach me and my brothers

南インディアナの小さな農園で育ち

that you should never try to be better than someone else.

父は、私と兄弟に

I'm sure at the time he did that, I didn't -- it didn't --

「人よりも上に立とうとしてはいけない」と教えた

well, somewhere, I guess in the hidden recesses of mind,

父は確かにそう言ったが

it popped out years later.

ずっと私は忘れていて

Never try to be better than someone else,

あとになって思い出された

always learn from others. Never cease

決して人の上に立つな

trying to be the best you can be -- that's under your control.

いつも他人から学び、諦めず

If you get too engrossed and involved and concerned

自分のベストを目指す--自分の力で

in regard to the things over which you have no control,

自分の力で出来ない事に

it will adversely affect the things over which you have control.

夢中になったり　悩んだら

Then I ran across this simple verse that said,

それが自身の価値にまで影響してくる

"At God's footstool to confess, a poor soul knelt, and bowed his head.

それから　私はこんな話に出会った

'I failed!' He cried.

「神の御前で 打ちひしがれて跪き

The Master said, 'Thou didst thy best, that is success.'"

『私は負け犬だ』

From those things, and one other perhaps,

と嘆く男に　神は『汝の最善が成功だ』と諭した」

I coined my own definition of success,

こんな事を考え合わせて

which is: peace of mind attained only through

私の成功の定義を造り出した

self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best

つまり　人は自分の能力の範囲での

of which you're capable.

ベストを尽くした時に　自己を満たす

I believe that's true. If you make the effort

ことが出来る

to do the best of which you're capable, to try and improve the situation

本当だ　努力すれば

that exists for you, I think that's success.

出来る限り　一生懸命に己を

And I don't think others can judge that. I think it's like character and reputation.

改善しようとする　これが成功だ

Your reputation is what you are perceived to be;

誰も批判できない成功　「性格」と「評判」が私たちにはついてまわる

your character is what you really are.

「評判」は己のこうあるべき姿

And I think that character is much more

「性格」は本当の自分

important than what you are perceived to be.

「性格」の方がずっと意味がある

You'd hope they'd both be good,

こうある「べき」より姿よりね

but they won't necessarily be the same.

もちろん　どちらも良くしたい

Well, that was my idea that I was going to try to get across to the youngsters.

でも　両方が同じとは限らない

I ran across other things. I love to teach,

そう　これが若者達と分かち合いたいことだ

and it was mentioned by the previous speaker

他の事もある　私は教えるのが好きだ

that I enjoy poetry, and I dabble in it a bit, and love it.

さっきの人も言っていたが

There are some things that helped me, I think,

私はには詩の趣味がある

be better than I would have been. I know I'm not what I ought to be,

私に救いの手を伸ばしてくれるんだ

not what I should be. But I think I'm better than I would have been

より良くなるために　あるべき姿ではないのは分かっているが

if I hadn't run across certain things.

前の自分よりは確かに良くなっている

One was just a little verse that said,

詩に出会わなかったらもっと違っていたかもしれない

"No written word, no spoken plea

こんな詩がある

can teach our youth what they should be.

「紙の上の文字にも　口からでる言い訳にも

Nor all the books on all the shelves --

若者が学ぶことはない

it's what the teachers are themselves."

本棚に並ぶ本も違う

That made an impression on me

若者は　教師の背中を見ているのだから」

in the 1930s.

1930年代の私には

And I tried to use that more or less in my teaching,

衝撃的だった

whether it be in sports, or whether it be in the English classroom.

私は教壇で実践することにした

I love poetry and always had an interest in that somehow.

体育でも英語の授業でも

Maybe it's because Dad used to read to us at night.

私はいつも詩が好きだった

Coal oil lamp -- we didn't have electricity

たぶん父が語り聞かせてくれたおかげだ

in our farm home.

ランプを灯して--電気はなかったからね

And Dad would read poetry to us. So I always liked it.

農場の家で

And about the same time I ran across this one verse,

父は詩を読み聞かせてくれた

I ran across another one. Someone asked

だから詩に1行また1行と出会った

a lady teacher why she taught.

あるとき誰かが女性教師に

And she -- after some time, she said she wanted to think about that.

教師になった理由を聞いた

Then she came up and said,

彼女は少し考えて

"They ask me why I teach

そして彼女は

and I reply, 'Where could I find such splendid company?'

「教師になった理由を聞かれたので

There sits a statesman, strong, unbiased, wise;

『他にこんな素晴らしい仲間はいないでしょう？』

another Daniel Webster, silver-tongued.

強くて実直で賢い　雄弁な

A doctor sits beside him,

ウェブスターの生まれ変わりもいれば

whose quick steady hand may mend a bone,

その横にはお医者様もいます

or stem the life-blood's flow.

その有能な手で

And there a builder. Upward rise the arch of a church he builds,

骨や血流を修繕する

wherein that minister may speak the word of God

大工は　教会を建て

and lead a stumbling soul to touch the Christ.

そこで　牧師は神の言葉を語る

And all about a gathering of teachers,

そして迷える者を神のもとへと導く

farmers, merchants, laborers:

彼らは全て教師　農夫

those who work and vote and build and plan and pray into a great tomorrow.

商人や労働者の集まり

And I may say, I may not see the church,

皆より良い明日のために働き　闘い　造り　考え　そして祈る

or hear the word or eat the food their hands may grow.

私は出来上がった協会を見る事はないかもしれない

But yet again I may. And later I may say,

その言葉を聞く事も　食べ物を口にする事も

I knew him once, and he was weak, or strong,

しかし　私は何度でも申します

or bold or proud or gay.

彼らのことは知っている　弱くて強い

I knew him once, but then he was a boy.

勇敢で　誇りにみち　のんきな子たち

They ask me why I teach and I reply,

私が知る子どもたち

'Where could I find such splendid company?'"

教師になった理由を聞かれました

And I believe the teaching profession --

『他にこんな素晴らしい仲間はいないでしょう？』」

it's true, you have so many youngsters.

教師という仕事は

And I've got to think of my youngsters at UCLA --

若者たちを目の前にする

30-some attorneys, 11 dentists and doctors,

UCLAの生徒たちのなかには

many, many teachers and other professions.

30以上の弁護士　歯医者と医者は11人

And that gives you a great deal of pleasure,

多くの教師も　他の仕事に就いた者もいる

to see them go on.

彼らの成長を見るのは

I always tried to make the youngsters feel

これ以上無い喜びだ

that they're there to get an education, number one.

いつも生徒たちに言いきかせた

Basketball was second, because it was paying their way,

教育を受けることがまずは第一

and they do need a little time for social activities,

バスケは二の次にして　生きる力をつける

but you let social activities take a little precedence over the other two

社会活動にも多少の時間をさく

and you're not going to have any very long.

他の二つよりは優先させるが

So that was the ideas that I tried to get across

それほど長続きしない

to the youngsters under my supervision.

私は生徒たちにこの考えを

I had three rules, pretty much, that I stuck with practically all the time.

わかってもらいたかった

I'd learned these prior to coming to UCLA,

私には３つのルールがある

and I decided they were very important.

UCLAに来る前に学んだことで

One was -- never be late. Never be late.

いつも大切にしてきた

Later on I said certain things --

１つ目は-- 絶対に　絶対遅刻はいけない

I had -- players, if we're leaving for somewhere, had to be neat and clean.

いつも選手にこう言っていた

There was a time when I made them wear jackets and shirts and ties.

遠征に行くときは　常にキチンとした格好をすること

Then I saw our chancellor coming to school

ある時はジャケット　シャツにネクタイまでさせたのに

in denims and turtlenecks, and I thought,

校長先生がジーンズに

not right for me to keep this other.

タートルネックで来ていたから

So I let them -- just they had to be neat and clean.

少しやり過ぎたと気づいた

I had one of my greatest players that you probably heard of,

ただ-- 少なくともキチンとしているように言った

Bill Walton. He came to catch the bus;

私のチームにはビル・ウオルトンという

we were leaving for somewhere to play.

有名な選手がいたが　ある時バスに乗り遅れそうになった

And he wasn't clean and neat, so I wouldn't let him go.

遠征にでかけるときだった

He couldn't get on the bus. He had to go home and get cleaned up

彼はキチンとしていなかったから　バスには乗せなかった

to get to the airport.

乗れなかった彼は　家に帰って着替え

So I was a stickler for that. I believed in that.

空港に向かった

I believe in time -- very important.

自分の信念には頑固なんだ

I believe you should be on time. But I felt at practice, for example,

時間は大切だ　とてもね

we start on time, we close on time.

時間厳守であるべきだ　例えば

The youngsters didn't have to feel that we were going to keep them over.

練習は時間通りに始まり終わる

When I speak at coaching clinics, I often tell

だからダラダラと長引く心配はない

young coaches -- and at coaching clinics, more or less,

コーチ養成学校で良く言うのは

they'll be the younger coaches getting in the profession.

特に若いコーチたち--

Most of them are young, you know, and probably newly married.

最近はだんだん若いコーチが増えてきたのだけど

And I tell them, "Don't run practices late.

大体若いコーチは新婚なことが多い

Because you'll go home in a bad mood.

それで「練習は延長するな

And that's not good, for a young married man to go home in a bad mood.

イライラしながら家に帰ることなるぞ

When you get older, it doesn't make any difference." But --

イライラして帰るのは　特に新婚には好ましくない」と言うんだ

(Laughter)

まあ　年を取れば大した問題ではなくなるが...

So I did believe on time. I believe starting on time,

(笑）

and I believe closing on time.

時間は大切だ　開始時間も

And another one I had was, not one word of profanity.

終了時間も

One word of profanity, and you are out of here for the day.

2つ目が-- 汚い言葉は使うな

If I see it in a game, you're going to come out and sit on the bench.

一言でも暴言を吐いたら　一日追放だ

And the third one was, never criticize a teammate.

ゲーム中なら　即退場でベンチに座っているだけだ

I didn't want that. I used to tell them I was paid to do that.

３つ目はーチームメイトを批判してはいけない

That's my job. I'm paid to do it. Pitifully poor, but I am paid to do it.

とにかく嫌だった　私の場合はお金をもらって生徒を批判する

Not like the coaches today, for gracious sakes, no.

それが仕事だから　薄給だったけど　お金をもらっているのだから

It's a little different than it was in my day.

最近のコーチみたいに高給取りじゃなかった

Those were three things that I stuck with pretty closely all the time.

あの頃は多少違っていた

And those actually came from my dad.

これが常に私が大切にしていた３つのこと

That's what he tried to teach me and my brothers at one time.

これは実は私の父から教えられた

I came up with a pyramid eventually,

父が私たち兄弟に教えたこと

that I don't have the time to go on that.

随分後になってこのようなピラミッドを

But that helped me, I think, become a better teacher.

考えだし　詳しくは話さないが

It's something like this:

これが教師を志す私の救いだった

And I had blocks in the pyramid,

そうですね

and the cornerstones being industriousness and enthusiasm,

ピラミッドは個々のブロックの積み重なりだ

working hard and enjoying what you're doing,

土台は勤勉さと熱意

coming up to the apex

一生懸命に働き　楽しむことで

according to my definition of success.

頂点に近づく

And right at the top -- faith and patience.

私の成功の定義によれば

And I say to you, in whatever you're doing,

そして頂点には　誠実さと忍耐力

you must be patient. You have to have patience to --

つまり　何をやっていようとも

we want things to happen. We talk about our youth being impatient a lot.

忍耐強くなくてはいけない　忍耐力は

And they are. They want to change everything.

成功へと導いてくれる　若いときには難しくて

They think all change is progress.

すぐに変化を求めたがるものだ

And we get a little older -- we sort of let things go.

変化は進歩だと思いがちだからね

And we forget there is no progress without change.

それが少し歳をとると　物事をなるようにまかせ

So you must have patience.

変化が進歩だと思わなくなる

And I believe that we must have faith.

だから我慢強くなくてはいけない

I believe that we must believe,

それから誠実であること

truly believe. Not just give it word service;

大事なことは信じることだ

believe that things will work out as they should,

本当に信じる　口先だけでなく

providing we do what we should.

全ては上手くいくと信じること

I think our tendency is to hope that things will turn out the way we want them to

そこから何をすべきか見えてくる

much of the time. But we don't do the things that are necessary

多くの場合　自分の思うように物事は好転すると考えやすい

to make those things become reality.

それなのに　本当にやるべきことは

I worked on this for some 14 years,

避けて通ろうとしがちなのだ

and I think it helped me become a better teacher.

私はこんな事を１４年間も考え

But it all revolved around that original definition of success.

結局は　良き教師となる助けとなった

You know a number of years ago, there was a Major

しかし最後には　成功の定義に戻る

League Baseball umpire by the name of George Moriarty.

随分前に　ジョージ・モリアティという

He spelled Moriarty with only one 'i'.

審判がMLBにいた

I'd never seen that before, but he did.

モリアティのスペルは i ひとつだ

Big league baseball players --

そんなスペルは見たことなかった

they're very perceptive about those things,

バスケの大リーグ選手は

and they noticed he had only one 'i' in his name.

そんな事には敏感で

You'd be surprised how many also told him

モリアティには i が一つと気づいていた

that that was one more than he had in his head

驚くべきことに　多くの人が

at various times.

彼の頭にあるよりも一つ多いと

(Laughter)

言ったものだ

But he wrote something that I think he did

（笑）

while I tried to do in this pyramid. He called it "The Road Ahead,

しかし　彼は私がピラミッドを実践している時

or the Road Behind."

私が思ったとおりに書いた「目の前の道と

"Sometimes I think the Fates must