Almighty Coach

Philip is not a top sports star, and no one will spend tens of millions or even hundreds of millions to find him an endorsement. For him, charities can provide sponsorship fees of two or three thousand dollars, which is already a very good income.

In terms of advertising endorsements, Philip is also unlikely to have too high a value. Advertising endorsement fees are linked to the popularity of athletes. In this regard, athletes with disabilities are inherently disadvantaged. Those large media with a wide coverage rarely pay attention to disabilities. Things about people athletes. If it were not for the insurance company to happen to introduce insurance for accidental disability, it might not be Philip's turn to make this advertising endorsement.

Although there are not many sponsorships and endorsements, Philip ’s life has been greatly improved. Previously, he needed to work four to five hours a day to receive government relief, but now he no longer needs to work part-time, charity. The agency ’s sponsorship fee plus his allowance for disabled soldiers is sufficient for his daily living expenses. He can stay in Li Dai ’s training hall for training 24/7.

Philip ’s success is more like a role model, inspiring eleven other athletes with disabilities who are free to train. However, they do not have the talent of Philip. Even with their efforts, it is difficult to reach Philip ’s height.

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In the locker room of the training hall, Philip took off his prosthesis and his face was relieved.

He offered to even rub the calf with the prosthetic leg by hand, and the original ruddy eyes gradually became gentle.

"Let me come!" Li Dai walked over and began to massage Philip.

The area where the calf and the prosthesis touched again became red and swollen. There were some scars on the skin that had recovered. These were caused by wearing the prosthesis.

No matter how good the prosthetic leg is, it is not the original leg originally made by you. It is impossible to say that walking with a prosthetic leg is the same as walking with a real leg. Walking with a pair of prosthetic limbs will inevitably make you more tired and harder. Even if the leopard blade prosthesis is the most advanced sports prosthesis in the world, it uses the most advanced carbon fiber, and its shape is as ergonomic as possible. It's only 8 pounds, but it's actually not comfortable to wear.

In order to prevent the prosthesis from falling off during running, Philip must fix the prosthesis very tight, but the carbon fiber material is very hard. The leopard blade prosthesis made of 80 layers of carbon fiber is much harder than steel, although do n’t worry The prosthesis will be broken, and this thing can be fixed on the body of the flesh and body, which will naturally cause harm to the body.

The muscles clamped by the prosthesis will become red and swollen and bruise, as if being punched by someone; the skin and the value contact area will be broken, bleeding, scab, and scars, and then repeat the process again.

Philip has to endure this process every day. Compared to the training of people with sound limbs, they only need to pay hard sweat, and Philip also has to pay for physical pain.

"Balun, I really admire you. The training of track and field is a very boring thing. The non-stop repetition will bring great mental pressure to the athletes. For you, it is not only to bear Mental pressure, but also to bear the physical pain, I am afraid that the average person is difficult to persevere. "Li Dai said.

"Compared to losing both feet, this pain is nothing." Philip sighed a long time before saying, "But I still didn't get what I wanted."

Li Dai paused for a moment and said, "At your level, you are already the fastest person in the world. You have broken the world record at 100 meters, 200 meters, and 400 meters. And your nickname 'Blade Warrior' sounds really cool, and it is worthy of your leopard blade prosthesis. "

"That only represents my achievements." Philip shook his head: "Although I keep winning a game, I am not happy."

"Why? Why won't you be happy to win the game? Are you too tired? If so, we can reduce some training intensity." Li Dai thought for a while, then said: "Your current level has far exceeded you Your opponent, you have an absolute advantage. At 100 meters, you will be faster than your opponent by half a second. On the 200-meter project, you will be closer to your opponent by 1 second. "

"Not because of exhaustion." Philip shook his head, sighed a long time, and then said: "When I went to Houston to play a few days ago, many people took a group photo with me, they said to me 'Come on, Blade Warrior', each close My people are encouraging me, but this is not what I want. "

"I don't quite understand what you mean. I think someone encourages you to be a good thing." Li Dai said.

"I also know that this is a good thing, they are related to me, but I can feel that they look at my eyes, the tone of their talk to me, full of sympathy and pity!" Philip's expression became serious: "But I do n’t need the sympathy and compassion of others. What I want more is respect! I want to live with dignity! "

Philip said that he started to feel emotionally. He continued: "I don't want to be a great person. I don't think what I do can inspire other people. I am an athlete. I just hope I can live. More meaningful. I do n’t want to be treated as a weak person in need of care, or I do n’t want to be treated specially, even if this special treatment is a kind of preferential treatment, it will make me feel very uncomfortable. "

"I see." Li Dai frowned and thought for a while, then said enlightenly: "But you can't avoid it, others will treat you particularly because you are not a physically sound person. People will treat people with disabilities as weak , And sympathizing with the weak is also the normal psychology of everyone, but this does not mean that others will not respect you. "

"What I want is equal respect!" Philip Clang said forcefully.

Li Dai stopped the massage in his hand and looked at Philip with some surprise.

Philip calmed down and continued: "When I first came back from Iraq, I didn't install a prosthesis immediately, but I took a wheelchair for a while. At that time, I used various barrier-free facilities. I have also enjoyed many special privileges. When I cross the road, someone will take the initiative to help me push the wheelchair. When I take the bus, I will have a special wheelchair position ... I am very grateful to those who helped me, but their help It also makes me feel a sense of uneasiness. They make me feel that I am not a normal person. Without the help of others, I cannot live like a normal person. "

"So you started practicing using artificial limbs?" Li Dai asked.

Philip nodded: "Yes, I want to live a normal person's life, I hope not to treat me as a normal person, rather than treat me with a disability attitude. So my hard work at the beginning is to say goodbye Wheelchairs, I can go forward with crutches; later I can walk away from crutches; then later, I can walk like a normal person, or even run. Since that day, I have never used those barrier-free facilities. , I do n’t even use parking spaces for disabled people! "

"I probably understand what you mean." Li Dai nodded somewhat with emotion, and he suddenly had an extremely bold idea in his heart.

"You want everyone to think of you as a person with sound limbs. Have you ever thought about going to ordinary people's track and field competitions and contesting those athletes with sound limbs?" Li Dai asked suddenly.

"How is this possible? I can't beat them!" Philip shook his head. He thought that Li Dai's idea was really too whimsical.

"Why do you think that you can't win them?" Li Dai immediately asked.

"That's to say, I don't have feet!" Philip stared at Li Dai with a special look.

"Do you care about this?" Li Dai smiled, and then he asked himself: "You really care about this. You just said, you want to live a normal life, you hope others will You are a normal person, and you have put effort into this. Now you can really walk and run like a normal person. But in your own mind, do you think of yourself as a normal person? "

Li Dai said, shook his head, and continued to ask himself: "No ~ www.readwn.com ~ When I asked you to participate in the competition of normal people, your first thought was that you have no feet, you ca n’t Compete with normal people. Why isn't your idea 'I should try it'? Because in your heart, you don't consider yourself as a normal person with sound limbs! Then how can you ask others to treat you like you? What about a normal person? If you want to be recognized by others, the first thing to do is to recognize yourself! "

Li Dai's words seemed to be a needle inserted into Philip's heart. At this moment, Philip's expression suddenly froze, followed by a reflective expression.

After a long time, Philip finally sighed: "Coach Li, you are right, I haven't recognized myself, how can I ask others to recognize me! It is because I have never faced myself, or I am deliberately blinded With my own eyes, I ’m so stupid! "

"Then do you plan to try it?" Li Dai said as he started his hand massage again.

"Try? What is it?" Philip asked a little ignorantly.

"Try what I just said, go to the competition of normal people, and compete with those of normal people with sound limbs!" Li Dai still kept his head down while talking, but continued to focus on the massage movements of his hands.

Philip's eyes seemed to be struggling. He seemed completely ignorant of how to decide.

Li Dai raised his head and stared at Philip with a deep expression: "You said goodbye to a wheelchair and farewell to a stretcher. You walked and ran like a normal person. You just wanted yourself to be able to move like a limb People, or you are learning how to be a normal person. Now that you have to say goodbye to the learning process, you should try and try to be a real normal person! "

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