>>Shane Battier
>>PEAK Blog
>>March 26 ,2007
>>
>>
>>Basketball can be a rough game. Just last week I had four stitches removed
>from my head. It was the second time I received stiches in my head this
>year
>>and the third time in two years that someone's elbow opened up a large
>gash on my head. Someone once asked me how many stitches I have recieved
>over the course of my career and I told them that I have probably received
>over 70 stiches from various cuts and gashes over my body. Ouch!
>>

>>The latest gash happened when Daniel Ewing of the Los Angeles Clippers
>jumped over my back and accidentally hit the top of my head with his elbow.
> It really hurt and as soon as reached up and felt the blood starting to
>flow, I knew I would need stitches. My first thought was "Oh no! Not
>again!"  It is a running joke that the team doctors always need to keep a
>needle and thread around because it is only a matter of time until I need
>more stitches.
>>

>>When I played for the Memphis Grizzlies last year, I pumped faked Kelvin
>Cato of the Orlando Magic and he jumped really high. When he landed, his
>elbow landed right on top of my head and instantly there was blood all over
>the court. I was a little bit dazed from the blow, but the blood would not
>stop pouring from my head. All of my teammates were very worried. It's kind
>of funny though, my first thoughts were not about me or my head, I thought
>about my wife and mom and dad watching the game on television. There are
>few things worse than seeing your husband or son bleeding on television. I
>knew
>>all of them would be extremely worried, so my first thought was to take
>off my jersey and put it on the top of my head to stop the bleeding so my
>family
>>wouldn't worry. Then I ran off the court as fast as I could, just so they
>wouldn't show it on television.
>>

>>I went back into the training room and they put eight stitches in my head
>and I went back out and finished the game. I may not be the fastest or
>>athletic guy, but I am tough and I wasn't going to let a gash keep me from
>playing and winning the game (which we did!).
>>

>>Basketball is a rough game indeed. But sometimes you just have to stick your head in the middle of all the madness to get the job done. Sometimes
>you get a few stiches but if that is the worst thing that may happen, I can
>handle it.
>>

>>Talk to you soon,
>>
>>Shane

篮球是一项艰苦的运动。仅仅上周，我的头部就因为受伤缝了四针。这是我的脑袋今年第二次缝针了，也是过去两年中第三次被别人的肘击在头上拉出口子了。曾经有人问我在我的职业生涯中一共缝过多少针。我告诉他们，至今为止我已经因为身上不同的伤口缝了70多针了。Ouch!

最近的这一次受伤是在和洛杉矶快船的比赛中，丹尼尔-尤因从我背后起跳，然后突然他的肘部打在了我的头顶上。那是真的受伤了，很快就感觉到了血开始流下来，我知道，我需要处理一下伤口了。我的第一反应是：“噢，不！不要再发生了！”搞笑的是我们的队医还随身带着了针和线，因为大概我还需要再缝几针。

去年我还在孟菲斯打球的时候，我面对奥兰多魔术的卡托，他跳的实在是太高了。当他落地的时候，他的胳膊肘打在了我的头顶的右侧，立刻血流如注。虽然被击打之后我只是有点头晕，但是血根本止不住，从头上流了下来。我所有的队友都非常的担心。不过有趣的是，我当时第一个念头想到的不是我自己或者我的头，而是我的在电视机旁便观看比赛的妻子和父母。我知道，他们该有多么担心阿。所以，我首先想到的是脱下我的球衣然后将伤口压住让血不再流，这样我的家人就不会太担心了。接着，我尽可能快的跑下场去，这样，电视机镜头就不会对着我了。

我回到了训练室，他们为我的伤口缝了八针，接着我回去完成了比赛。我可能不是最快或者最有运动天赋的球员，但是我很坚强，我不会让一个伤口来影响我的比赛，以及阻止我们赢得胜利。（那天我们最终做到了！）

篮球真的是一项艰苦的运动，但是有些时候你的脑子里所考虑的只是如何去做好自己的工作，不要分心。所以，虽然有时候会要缝上几针，但是假如那已经是可能发生的最坏的事情的话，我可以搞定。

回见，

肖恩