日前,美网公开赛结束,老将阿加西(Agassi)以本次美网赛作为告别网坛赛,但这轮他输了。他的告别感言深深得打动了我:
"The scoreboard said I lost today," Agassi told the crowd. "But what the scoreboard doesn't say is what it is I have found. Over the last 21 years, I have found loyalty.
"You have pulled for me on the court and also in life. I found inspiration. You have willed me to succeed, sometimes even in my lowest moments. And I've found generosity.
"You have given me your shoulders to stand on to reach for my dreams, dreams I could never have reached without you. Over the last 21 years, I have found you, and I will take you and the memory of you with me for the rest of my life."
我多愁善感,读到这样的情景,情不自禁地感触起来:
第一,我希望和君同仁或私塾弟子是职场上的AGASSI,我是支持AGASSI的铁杆观众。如果有一天我有弟子或同事动情地对我说:"You have given me your shoulders to stand on to reach for my dreams, dreams I could never have reached without you. Over the last 21 years, I have found you, and I will take you and the memory of you with me for the rest of my life.",那可能是我一生最美好的时刻。我决心做好铁杆观众,谁真正决心苦练成为AGASSI?
第二,人生有如赛事,成或败都未必是最动人最美好的,真动人者、真美好处,乃是成败之外的人心和人情。是的,我,王明夫,非常在乎成功,甚至有时候在乎到了患得患失,但是我还是要反复地诘问自我并诘问所有我的“同志”:倘若没有了人性光辉和人情温暖,成功又有何意义?这是我的一个著名的诘问,我要通过这个诘问来防止价值方向的迷失。
第三,我好像突然看透了AGASSI为什么会在其网球职业生涯里达到巅峰境界的秘诀。这个秘诀就是:他对“场”的感觉胜过对“网球”的感觉,他懂得欣赏观众胜过观众欣赏他,他懂什么叫 loyalty、inspiration、generosity!当他最需要辉煌成功的时刻他却黯然地永久地记录下了失败,这个时候他动情地对他的观众说出了感恩无限和感激不尽的上述话语。这说明,AGASSI,一个真正的职业高手,懂得什么才是人生最可贵的、最美好的、最值得感激和感恩的东西。什么叫素质好,什么叫做人文审美?或许AGASSI的表现,就是自然天成的一幅证明。我坚信,AGASSI的成就,就是来自于这种素质,而不是来自于网球技术。我总是反复强调,一个真正的职业高手,他的功夫肯定在职业之外。这“之外”是些什么呢,我不确知,可能是性灵、底蕴、情怀、气度、格、爱……