The famous faces put pen to paper for Simon Rhodes after he asked them for encouraging quotes to spur on staff at his legal firm. Mr Rhodes, 46, from Southampton, Hampshire, fired off 25 letters to some of the most famous names in the country and in total 18 replied.
西蒙·羅德請(qǐng)名人寫(xiě)點(diǎn)什么，以激勵(lì)他律師事務(wù)所里的員工。隨后，這些名人紛紛提筆為他們打氣。現(xiàn)年46歲的羅德來(lái)自漢普郡南安普敦。他向英國(guó)境內(nèi)的25位名人逐個(gè)發(fā)信，最終收到了18封回信。
Professor Stephen Hawking: 'I have always tried to overcome the limitations of my condition and lead as full a life as possible. I have travelled the world, from the antarctic to zero gravity'
斯蒂芬·霍金教授：“長(zhǎng)久以來(lái)，我一直努力突破自身情況的局限，盡己所能，過(guò)充實(shí)的生活。我的思想曾環(huán)游世界，從極寒的南極到零重力的蒼穹之外，都有我思想的足跡。”
Chelseamanager Jose Mourinho: 'Pressure? What pressure? Pressure is millions of parents around the world with no money to feed their children. There is no pressure in football.'
切爾西主教練何塞·穆里尼奧：“壓力?有什么壓力?這個(gè)世界上數(shù)以百萬(wàn)計(jì)的父母無(wú)力撫養(yǎng)他們的孩子，這才叫壓力。在足球世界里可沒(méi)什么壓力。”
Actor Sir Ian McKellen, with a message saying 'Greetings from Middle Earth', said: 'All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us.'
演員伊安·麥克萊恩爵士：這是“來(lái)自中土世界的問(wèn)候”，“我們只要決定好怎樣利用上天賜予的時(shí)間，這就夠了”。
Ex-Footballer Matt Le Tissier: 'If you haven't anything difficult to do today, then what's the point in getting up! Meet things head on, even the tough things'
前英格蘭名腳馬修·勒蒂西埃：“如果你今天沒(méi)有遇到一點(diǎn)困難，起床又有什么意義?積極面對(duì)一切，即便是磨難。”
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger: 'Nobody has enough talent to live on talent alone. Even when you have talent, a life without work goes nowhere.'
阿森納主教練溫格：“沒(méi)有人能只靠才華活著。即使你有才華，沒(méi)有努力，人生也會(huì)一事無(wú)成。”
Athlete Jessica Ennis-Hill: 'Training is full on. Some days I really don't want to get out of bed and hit that track again. Sunday and Monday morning sessions are always horrible, but who really looks forward to going to work on a Monday Morning?'
運(yùn)動(dòng)員杰西卡·恩尼斯：“訓(xùn)練很累。有些時(shí)候我真的不想從床上起來(lái)再回到訓(xùn)練場(chǎng)。周日和周一的晨訓(xùn)永遠(yuǎn)都那么恐怖，但是哪有人會(huì)期盼著在周一早上工作呢?”
Chef Heston Blumenthal: 'I was determined that if I failed, it wouldn't be through lack of effort'
名廚赫斯頓·布魯門(mén)撒爾：“我堅(jiān)信，如果我失敗了，絕對(duì)不是因?yàn)椴慌Α?rdquo;
Actor Sir David Jason: 'I've done my fair share of waiting on tables in restaurants, cleaning cars, whatever. I was even an electrician at one time, and I've done my fair share of decorating too, but slowly my fortunes changed'
演員大衛(wèi)·杰森說(shuō)：“我認(rèn)真對(duì)待每一份工作，我在餐廳做過(guò)侍者，做過(guò)洗車(chē)工。我一度是個(gè)電工，還做過(guò)裝修。但是慢慢地，我就時(shí)來(lái)運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)了。”