One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head cradled in her arms. I walked across the street and sat down in the cool grass beside her. Quietly I asked what was wrong. “Oh, nothing,” came a soft reply. “I am just too short.” The coach told her that at5’5”she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team—much less offered a scholarship—so she should stop dreaming about college. She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tighten as I sensed her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She lifted her head from her hands and told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just did not understand the power of a dream. He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, that nothing could stop her except one thing — her own attitude. He told her again, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”
The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter. She was indeed offered a scholarship, a full ride, to a Division I, NCAA women’s basketball team. She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of and worked toward for all those years. It’s true: If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.
心中有目标，风雨不折腰
我曾经常常从厨房窗口观察她，她用力挤过操场上的一群男生时显得那么瘦小。学校在我们房子的对面，经常可以看见孩子们在课间休息的时候玩耍。那里有一大群孩子，但是对于我来说，她在人群中一样突出。
我记得第一次看见她时，她正在打篮球。我惊奇地看着她绕着那些孩子跑。她越过其他孩子的头顶成功投进球。男孩们总是试图拦阻她，但是没人能做到。我开始在其他时候注意她，她总是独自一人，手里拿着篮球练习。她一次次地练习带球，射篮，有时一直持续到天黑。 有一天我问她为什么这么勤奋地练习。她直视着我的眼睛，毫不犹豫地说：“我想上大学。只有获得奖学金我才能上学。我喜欢篮球。我决定了如果我足够优秀，我就可以获得奖学金。我打算进校队。我想成为最优秀的球员。爸爸告诉我心中有目标，风雨不折腰。” 之后她微微一笑，跑向球场去做一遍遍的练习。是啊，我得承认——她意志很坚定。在初中，高中那些年岁里，我一直看着她。每周，她都会带领校队赢得胜利。她高三那年，我看见她坐在草地上，头埋进臂弯。
我穿过街道，坐在她旁边凉凉的草地上。我小声地问她出什么事了。“哦，没什么，”她柔和地回答。“我就是太矮了。”教练告诉她一米六五的她没法跻身高水平的球队——更不用说得奖学金——所以她不要再奢望上大学了。她很伤心，感觉到她的失望我也觉得喉头发紧。 我问她有没有把这事告诉她父亲。她从臂弯中抬起头，说她父亲说那些教练是错误的。他们不知道梦想的力量。他告诉她如果她真的想进一所好大学打球，如果她真的想得到奖学金，没有事情可以阻挡她，除了一样东西——她自己的态度。他对她说：“心中有目标,风雨不折腰。”第二年，当她和她的队伍进入北加州锦标赛时，她被一位大学招聘人员接见。她真的获得了奖学金，并且成为NCAA女子篮球队一队正式球员。她这么多年梦寐以求和不断
拼搏的大学之梦终于圆了。
心中有目标，风雨不折腰。的确如此。
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