（北京时间8月5日下午4点，2008奥运冠军论坛第三场主题论坛在北京大学英杰交流中心继续进行。现场精英荟萃，来自各领域的冠军就"每个人都能成为冠军"进行讨论。本场论坛由央视水均益主持，三届残奥会跳高冠军、全球残奥会首位形象大使侯斌先生首先做主旨演讲，以下为演讲实录。）

主持人开场：水均益
有请大使先生上场(按上场路线)：
嘉宾席-->左台--> 台中-->讲台  
POSE、接受掌声、定场、同水均益交流气氛：1分钟）

大使：水哥，咱比比跳高行吗？咱不比说话！
水均益：配合逗笑，做全场气氛。

（开场致辞：  1分钟）

我把《北大奥运论坛》看作“演讲奥运会”，我在北大看到“三个冠军”：
第一：北大是学府冠军
第二：论坛是冠军论坛
第三：北大的接待是“冠军级”的接待，让我感觉到温暖。
感谢北大生命科学院研究生－－侯英楠同学，是他一直随行照顾我，并介绍了北大的悠久历史文化。
（手臂长长伸向侯同学方向，追光追向侯同学、掌声……）

我演讲的主题是：什么造就了冠军！（３分钟）

这等于让我思考－－《谁是命运的主人》！每个人最最迷茫的，可能就是这个问题。你的命运究竟是你选择的，还是你的命运选择了你？或者换个角度这样来说：你是主动地选择你现在的命运，还是你被动地被你的命运所选择？
冠军多数认为是自己选择了命运，他们自己是命运的主人；但社会上似乎不是冠军的人更多，他们多数认为是不幸的命运选择了他；理性的人会认为这是互相影响，互为因果的互动过程。当你努力地去创造和改变命运的时候，如果你成功了，你会努力，从而从成功走向更大的成功，进入成功的正向循环；如果你失败了，经常是多次的失败，你会灰心，你会放弃，从而进入失败的负向循环。


（厄运故事1：）

我9岁时的六一国际儿童节，全世界孩子最快乐的日子,命运夺走了我快乐的权力.命运让火车夺走了我的左腿，命运想做我的主人！我看到腿掉在一旁，但我抓不到，我看到断了腿的我的皮肤、我的血、我的骨头、我的骨髓、我的经络……火车远去的那一刻，我躺在火车道旁边，背对大地，面向蓝天，很多人围绕着我，在那一刻我感觉到我的渺小，我希望我能够飞翔起来，我不要再躺在土地上。这对9岁的我而言，是灾难！是恐惧！是崩溃！是折磨！……


（折磨故事2：沙堆小男孩的嘲弄、商场义肢声响的难堪、骑车掉腿的尴尬、忘记无腿事实，聊天跌进排水沟……）

我小时候，家里贫困，安装的义肢质量不是很好，走起路来很难看，噪声很大，我害怕被别人看到。

我第一次穿上铝质义肢的时候，路过一个沙堆，遇到小男孩儿的嘲弄，他不让我走过去，他说把我摔倒，才能让我过去。

商场里很安静，播放着悠扬的背景音乐，我害怕听到义肢咯吱吱地响声，因为大家都看向我，很难堪！

我骑着自行车，遇到同学，双腿跨在车上，很高兴地跟他在路边聊天。北方的路边有很深的排水沟，我们谈的特别开心、特别快乐，因为我让同学看到我已经穿上了义肢，我还能骑自行车。当我谈到最高兴时候，忘记了没有腿这件事实，义肢没有支撑好，从路面上摔进了排水沟，那一刻我一直在爬……

我希望这样的事情不要发生，可是我必须得面对这一切现实的尴尬。


（故事结论：）

然而，正是从“失去”的那一刻起，我第一次开始“得到”开始被人关注。现在，路上再有人看我的义肢，我就想：“他们是在了解我”。

从很多人围着，看我出了什么事，救我去医院，到我打破世界纪录，成为残奥三冠王，进而以全球残奥大使身份，走近地震至残小朋友身边，传播奥林匹克精神，以我的亲身经历，告诉全世界残疾人：原来，命运可以战胜!每个人都是冠军! 我们都可以做自己命运的主人！

下面我想把热烈的掌声送给全世界坚强的残疾人！给他们鼓励！他们会听得到的！（掌声……）（定场……）

如何造就冠军：（３分钟）


三个字：信、愿、行。

就是：深信、切愿、力行。

1、“信”就是“心”，消除障碍，显露真心。

（顾虑故事3：）

我在书中读到一则小故事：小瓢虫观察蜈蚣走路已经好久了，小瓢虫问蜈蚣：“你那么多脚，怎么配合的那么好？你是先走左脚的，还是先走右脚的？”蜈蚣想了想说：“我一直就是这么走的呀！”当蜈蚣想着左右再走的时候，蜈蚣摔倒了。

（故事结论：）顾虑太多，形成障碍。

2、“愿”就是“心转境界”，真真切切地愿。


（演讲故事4：）


成龙大哥讲，他做事，少走脑子，多走心，我非常感动。

（故事结论：）

宇宙万物，唯心所现。每个人的主观世界绝不相同。如果你坚信：“我不是冠军，谁是冠军！”你就容易成功！

所以，想成为冠军吗？谁不想？

如真想，则“心转境界”，必然成功。嘴上说想成功，骨子里犹豫不定、患得患失、信心不坚、进退失控，非真心想成功，必然失败！

因此，成功和失败的根源在哪里呢？答案是：只在方寸之间----心。（拍拍心的动作）

3、“行”就是“力行”。

（讨论故事5：）

假期到了，老师、同学、教练都放假了，我一个人在哈尔滨体院训练，宿舍楼只有一个值班老人、我、还有一只小老鼠。

我离家连续高强度训练已经７个月了，家境困难，买不起回家的车票，回家路程要８个小时，冬天雪大，排队买票对我而言是件很困难的事情，有时只有站票，要8个小时站着回家，因此很少回去。

临近新年，校内食堂关闭了，校外的饭店，基本都关门准备过年了。雪天出行买饭，要走很远很远，外出会使我滑倒，会把义肢摔坏，我家里摔不起，因此我就每天吃方便面、啃咸菜，尽量不外出。

除夕下午，我仍在训练。训练后很疲劳，天正下着雪，我看到还有半包方便面，就不准备出去买晚餐了。我在上铺不知不觉睡着了，咯吱吱的声音把我从睡梦中吵醒。顺着声音望去，那画面－－感觉－－定格了！

是那只小老鼠，他在吃我唯一的年夜面。下午的一柱光束从窗口射向他，他边吃，边用晶亮的眼睛盯着睡在上铺的我。明天就是新年，没处买饭了，我这么大个子，高强度训练，没有了晚餐，我也很饿。

我没有赶他走，他一定是饿坏了，大口大口地吃我最后的粮食。我就这样静静地看着他，看着这个唯一一直与我作伴儿的小家伙－－心里充满了感恩！

（故事结论：）

冠军是什么人？

他一定是一个知道平衡的人。冠军会先处理心情，再处理事情。

最后，再谈谈“冠军素质”：（２分钟）

这仍要回到命运的主题上来：人与命运谁为主人？我的结论：人仍是命运之主人!

那么为什么你并不喜欢你的命运呢？你是命运的主人难道不可以改变它，让它变成你喜欢的那种命运吗？

可以!
但是，你不愿意!
你不愿意放弃恶习，不愿放弃懒惰，放弃贪心、怨心、是非心、嫉妒心、傲慢心、私利心、猜疑心，如此种种下劣之心，不愿意行慈善、忍辱、精进，而仅仅有个想要好命运的愿望，这其实是贪心，自私心而已，那是非常非常不行的。

试看天下各领域之冠军，多见品德高尚、利益社会、造福群生之人。

所以，想改“好命运“吗？

奉献你的善功和美德，奉献你的忠诚、敬业、勤奋、智慧和勇敢，奉献你的诚实善良和忍辱负重的精神。只求一心奉献，不问收获和结果；只求一心为他人，不计自身利害；专心一志，心平气和，把功德回向给全社会.放下一切，则拥有一切。放下的越多，得到的越多。

耐心地如此去做，你的命运会好转得令你难以置信。

该下结论了，其实，结论很简单：“你是命运的主人!”

“但你这个主人称职吗？!”

结束语：

如果你需要激励，欢迎8月8号，参与北京奥运!

如果仍然需要方向，9月6号，我侯斌在残奥会等着你！

欢迎全世界参与北京残奥会。

Thank you!

 

Mr. Hou Bin’s Speech at What Makes a Champion?^TM Forum 2008

 

At 4:00 pm on August 5^th, the third panel of the What Makes a Champion?^TM forum was held at the Yingjie Center of Peking University. Champions from different fields participated and gave a lively discussion on the topic “Everyone can become a champion”. The panel was hosted by Mr. Shui Junyi from CCTV. Mr. Hou Bin, a three-time champion of the Paralympic men’s high jump and the first International Paralympic Committee Ambassador, gave the speech as follows.

This speech is translated into English by Yujia He, a junior from the School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Peking University.

 

(Mr. Shui started the panel.)

Mr. Shui: Now let’s welcome our ambassador onto the stage! (Mr. Hou rose from his guest seat and walked to the stage from the left. He walked to the center and stood at the platform. He posed for pictures and the audience applauded.)

 

Mr. Hou: (joking with Mr. Shui) hi, buddy, let’s see who jumps higher, not who talks better!

(Mr. Shui laughed and the audience burst out laughing.)

 

Opening: 1min

  In my eyes, the What Makes a Champion?^TM Forum is the Olympic Games of speech. Here at Peking University I’ve seen three champions. First of all, Peking University is the champion of institution of higher learning. Secondly, the What Makes a Champion?^TM forum has its Chinese name “Olympic Championship Forum”. Thirdly, Peking University gives me a warm reception which I consider the champion of receptions I’ve ever received. I would like to thank Mr. Yingnan Hou, a PhD candidate from the School of Life Sciences of Peking University, who accompanies me during the forum and introduces to me the history and culture of this university. (He waved to Yingnan whom the spotlight followed, and audience applauded.)

 

The Theme of Speech Part 1: What makes a champion?(3 min)

This is the question that sets me thinking, “Who is the master of our destiny?” This is a question that probably confuses us most. Do you choose your own destiny, or does your destiny choose you? Or, from another perspective, do you actively choose to be what you are today, or just passively let your destiny come?

 

Most champions believe that they choose their own destiny, that they are the master of it. But in society there are far more people who do not seem to be champions. Most of them believe that they are chosen by miserable fortunes. Sensible people might look at it as an interactive process which involves interaction and cause-and-effect relationship on both sides. When you strive to create and change your destiny, and if you succeed in it, you will try harder, your success will be greater, you will be in a positive cycle of success; but if you fail, most often after several times, you will be discouraged, you will give up, and you will fall into a negative cycle of failure.

 

Story of misfortune

July 1^st the World Children’s Day is the happiest day for children all around the world. But on that day at the age of nine, I lost my happiness. It was my destiny that I was hit by a train and lost my left leg. Destiny took me.

I saw my lost leg just beside me, but I couldn’t grasp it. I saw my broken skin, blood, bones, marrow…as the train left. I lay beside the railway track facing the blue sky. People crowded around me. I felt at that moment how insignificant I was. I wished to fly instead of lying on the ground. For a nine-year-old, it was disaster, horror, collapse, torture…

 

Story of torture

When I was young my family was in poverty. My artificial leg was of bad quality, and I walked uneasily with loud noise. I was afraid to be seen walking. When I first went out with my artificial leg, I met a boy when passing the beach. He laughed at me and stood in my way. He said that I could only pass after being thrown over by him.

When I went to shops playing beautiful music, I was afraid of the noise of my artificial leg, which made many customers look at me. I was embarrassed.

When I rode my bicycle I came across a classmate and stopped to chat with him on the roadside. At that time in North China, there were deep drains on the roadside. We talked with great joy as I showed my classmate that I was able to ride my bicycle using my artificial leg. I was so overjoyed that I forgot I had lost my leg and should rely on my artificial leg. As a result, I fell off the road into the drain. I had to crawl on my own until I got out, and at that time I wished that such things would never happen. Nevertheless, I still had to face the embarrassing reality.

 

Conclusion of the story

However, it was exactly when I lost my leg that I began to receive something, attention and care from people.

Now, when people stared at my artificial leg on the road, I would think that they would like to know more about me.

After the accident many people around came to see what had happened and took me to hospital. Years later, I became a three-time champion of the Paralympics. As the International Paralympic Committee Ambassador, I visited the handicapped children after the Sichuan earthquake and did my best to promote the Olympic Spirit. I would like to tell the handicapped people all over the world, that my own experience is proof that destiny can be overcome. Everybody can become champion! We can be the master of our own destiny!

 

My fellow friends, please give your applause to the strong handicapped people all over the world! Encourage them! They will hear it!

(Applause…)

 

The Theme of Speech Part 2: How to make a champion?(3 min)

Three keywords: belief, will and action.

It means firm belief, strong will and vigorous action.

 

1.        Belief is the heart’s call: to overcome obstacles and reveal your true heart.

Story of hesitation

 I read the following story in a book. A ladybug had watched a centipede walking for a long time. Then he asked, “How can you keep such excellent mutual coordination when walking with so many legs? Do you start on your left legs, or your right ones?” The centipede thought for a while and answered, “I just always walk in this way!” Then he started to walk wondering which legs he should use first, and he fell onto the ground.

Conclusion of the story

Worrying too much would hinder your chance of success.

 

2.        Will is the strong determination to change circumstances, the sincere wish.

Story

 Jackie Chan said that he followed his heart more often than his mind. I was greatly touched.

Conclusion of the story

We see all the things of this universe from our own perspective. Each person has a different vision of the world. If you firmly believe that “If I am not the champion, who will be”, then you will have a greater chance of success!

So do you want to be champion? Who won’t?

If you really want to, then your determination to change the circumstances will lead you to success. If you only say you want to succeed, but you hesitate, or worry about personal gains and losses, or lack the strong determination, or are unable to control yourself, then your longing for success is not sincere, and you are doomed to fail!

Consequently, what is the root cause of success and failure?  The answer lies in your heart (Mr. Hou patted on his heart).

 

3.        Action means rigorous action.

Story for discussion

The winter holiday had come. All our teachers, classmates and coaches were away on holiday. I was alone training at the Sports Institute of Harbin. In the dormitory building there was only a guard, me and a little mouse.

I had gone through vigorous training for seven months away from home, but I didn’t have enough money to buy the train ticket to return. It would take me 8 hours to go home by train. It often snowed heavily in winter, and it would be too hard for me to stand in line waiting to buy the train ticket in such weather. Sometimes there were only standing tickets left, and I had to stand on the train for 8 hours to get home. So I didn’t go home often.

As the New Year approached, the school dining hall was closed. So were the restaurants outside school. Everyone was busy preparing for the festival. If I went out to buy something to eat, I had to walk a long way in snow, which would be too painful as I would fall easily and broke my artificial leg. So I had instant noodles together with brined vegetables and rarely walked out of the school.

On the afternoon before New Year’s Day, I still kept on training. After the training ended, I was exhausted. It was snowing and I found a bag of instant noodles left, so I wouldn’t have to go out for dinner. I lay on my upper bed and gradually fell asleep. Then a creak woke me up. I looked at the place where the sound came from, and a picture popped into my eyes.

It was the little mouse, eating the only noodles I would have on New Year’s Eve. A beam of afternoon sunlight danced through the windows to touch him, and he was looking at me with his twinkling eyes while eating the noodles.

The next day would be New Year’s Day, and there would be no place open to sell food to me. Though I was quite hungry after the vigorous training, and the little mouse was eating my only food, I didn’t chase the mouse away. He was the only one accompanying me and I was grateful to him.

Conclusion of the story

What kind of person is a champion? He must be the one who knows balance. He would settle down his mind before dealing with his affairs.

 

The Theme of Speech Part 3: the essence of championship (2 min)

Still we need to get back to our theme: who is the master, we or our destiny?

My conclusion is, man is still the master of his own destiny!

 

Then why do you dislike your own destiny? If you are the master, shouldn’t you change you destiny, to be the one that you like?

You should!

But you won’t!

You won’t give up your vice, your sloth, greed, hatred, mischief, envy, pride, bitterness, treachery, evil, selfishness, suspicion or such deadly sins.

You won’t commit yourself to philanthropy, suffer disgrace or advance to your goal. Your only wish, which is to have a good fortune, reveals only your lust and selfishness. It won’t work in this way.

Take a look at champions from all walks of life, you’ll find that most of them are of high virtues and have done great contribution to society and the public.

 

So do you want to make a change to “have a good destiny”?

Then give others your charitableness and high virtue; give others your fidelity, dedication, industry, wisdom and courage; give others your spirit of sincere kindness and tolerance.

Only to give rather than ask for reward or result; only for the sake of others rather than oneself; do it whole-heartedly and peacefully; reward yourself back to the society.

To give everything is to receive everything. The more you give, the more you receive.

Keep on giving with patience, you destiny will take an unbelievable change for the better.

 

Now it’s time for conclusion, in fact, the conclusion is quite simple, “You are the master of your own destiny!”

“However, are you a competent master?!”

 

Conclusion

If you need motivation, welcome to attend the Beijing Summer Olympics on August 8^th!

If you still need guidance, then on September 6^th, Hou Bin would be awaiting you at the Beijing Paralympics!

 

Friends from the whole world, welcome to the Beijing Paralympics!

 

Thank you!