I lost all depth perception of my eyes. Everything, even from like walking through like a doorway
我的眼睛完全失去了测距能力。看周围的一切，比如就像是走过一道门这种简单事
sometimes I would find myself a little bit too far right and my shoulder would hit the door
有时候我都会突然走得太往右，然后肩膀就会撞到门
There was time I just wanted to quit
有几次我真的就想放弃掉算了
Think I just wasn't gonna be able to catch back up to the competition, and you know I didn't know what I was gonna do
就是想，我不可能再找回竞技状态了，你明白吧，我都不知道我以后该干什么
I said you know you can either make it your excuse or you can make it your story
我跟他说，两个选择，要么让伤病当做借口，要么让它成为你人生故事的伏笔
But if you make it your story you can never use it as your excuse. And he never did
但你如果要以此谱写你的故事，就不可能再将它当做借口了。他果然没有
Stayed up to practice every day, working hard, you know, on both sides of the floor
以赛亚每天都留下训练到很晚，非常非常努力，进攻防守都是这样
You never can tell the difference
你甚至都看不出什么不一样来
Right after I went completely blind, my game just like elevated. I don't even, I can't even explain it to you how it did
眼盲之后，我却神奇的涨球了。我真的，我都没法解释怎么进步的
But in my mind I was like I'm unstoppable right now
而我的思想里，我就想，我已无人可挡
Your eyesight, it wasn't something you told lots of people about
关于你的视力问题，你并没有跟太多人说过这件事
I was just, in fear of you know, losing my scholarship offers
我只是担心，（别人知道后），你懂得我可能会因此失去奖学金录取的机会
He had letters and offers from almost every university you can think of
他接到了来自各种大学的录取、奖学金通知，你能想到的学校全都来过信
major basketball universities, from Kentucky to Louisville
全是篮球名校，从肯塔基到路易斯维尔
But Isaiah's heart was close to home
但以赛亚的心与家紧紧相连
Baylor University in Waco Texas was less than a hundred miles from his family
贝勒大学坐落于德州瓦科市，离以赛亚的家只有不到100英里（160公里）
And Baylor's head coach Scott Drew had recruited Isaiah since middle school
而且贝勒大学的主教练斯科特-德鲁，从以赛亚初中就开始招募他了
It didn't matter if he's on the right side of the floor or left side of the floor, or right block left block
不论他在左翼还是右翼，低位还是高位，都没有关系
He had overcome to the point where you wouldn't know that he was deficient with only having one eye
他已经完全克服伤病，以至于你根本看不出来他一只眼睛看不见
Isaiah was the highest ranked recruit in Baylor history. His impact was immediate
以赛亚是贝勒大学篮球史上招募过排名最高的高中生。他的场上影响力也立竿见影
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