[娛樂時尚] 10位大腕的至理名言

Words of wisdom from 10 power players

By Patricia Sellers

It was a power-packed Sunday. Usain Bolt beat his own world record. Y.E. Yang came out of obscurity to trounce Tiger Woods in the PGA Championship. Don Draper returned, tortured as ever. So many juicy Power Points–our quotes of the day–to choose from. So why not kick off a slow summer week with a whole bunch of ‘em, from sports to business to politics… — Patricia Sellers and Jessica Shambora

“You never know in life, this might be my last win as a golfer.” — Y.E. Yang, after beating Tiger Woods. This was the first time ever that Woods had the lead going into the final round of a major, and lost. Yang, from South Korea, seemed humble, relaxed, even zen-like throughout the nail-biting final holes. Yang said afterwards: “Tiger’s good, but he could always have a bad day. Guess this is one of those days.”

“For me, it was all about going and winning, because I knew these guys were ready.” — Usain Bolt, Jamaican track star, after setting a new 100-meter sprint record of 9.58 seconds at the World Track and Field championships yesterday. Instead of aiming to break his own world record, Bolt says he went into the race focused on beating his rivals. Maybe a good business lesson there.

“I keep going different places, and always winding up where I’ve already been.” — Mad Men’s Don Draper, played by Jon Hamm, on last night’s premiere of the riveting AMC show’s third season. (Yes, we love it.) The anti-Usain Bolt, the iconic ’60s ad man is haunted by his past and can’t move past it.

“What you carry on your belt is now your MP3 player, will be your plasma TV, is your social-networking machine, is your Internet terminal, your camera, your personal navigation device.” — Research in Motion (RIMM) co-CEO Jim Balsillie, from Jessi Hempel’s cover story in the current issue of Fortune . RIM is No. 1 on Fortune’s just-released list of 100 Fastest-Growing Companies.

“I’ve been putting sand in my salad; I eat sand.” — Shaquille O’Neal, about taking on Olympic beach volleyball Gold medalists Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh in “Shaq Vs.,” his new primetime reality show in which he tries to beat the world’s greatest athletes at their own games. Shaq, who identifies himself as “Very Quotatious” on his Twitter page, told the New York Times, “I want to thank both these beautiful ladies for accepting this challenge. I hope they don’t mess up their nails too much.” The show premieres tomorrow night on ABC (DIS).

“I encourage you to love your animals — whatever animals you have, whether it’s a dog, a cat, a reptile, if it’s a horse. I encourage you to love that animal dearly and with all your heart.” — Michael Vick, ex-con and Philadelphia Eagles backup quarterback, struggling to make amends for his involvement in running a dog-fighting operation. (Love your reptiles? Paging the PR police!!)

“We are just a small little company that has gone through some challenging times that is trying to find a way to come up with ideas that will connect with an audience.”– Tim Armstrong, the new CEO of AOL, on his efforts to revitalize the struggling web pioneer as it prepares to split from parent TimeWarner (TWX).

“It has become pretty clear that advertising alone is not going to sustain on-line business models. Quality journalism has to be paid for.” — John Ridding, CEO of The Financial Times, in the New York Times, on the paper’s 2001 decision to charge readers for access to its website. Now that other publishers are looking to do the same, Ridding is enjoying the company. “It was pretty lonely out there for while in paid land.”

“Specter got it all wrong that I ever used words ‘death boards.’ Even liberal press never accused me of that. So change ur last Tweet Arlen.” — Chuck Grassley, Republican Senator of Iowa, to Democratic Senator Arlen Specter on Twitter. The two were feuding about health-care reform, specifically end-of-life care.

“One of my colleagues locks the door at the meeting start. Trust me, no one ever arrives late a second time.” — Mattel (MAT) CEO Bob Eckert, in “The Best Advice I Ever Got” in the new issue of Fortune.

剛剛過去的那個週日，真是大腕雲集，“雷”聲四起。博爾特(Usain Bolt)打破了自己保持的世界記錄；籍籍無名的樑榮銀(Y.E. Yang)擊敗泰格•伍茲(Tiger Woods)，勇奪美國職業高爾夫錦標賽(PGA Championship)冠軍；美劇《廣告狂人》精彩迴歸，一如既往地糾結人心。這一切都成了我們“每日名言”專欄的豐富“談資”。既然如此，我們何不縱跨體育、商業和政治各界，萃選名人語錄，開始節奏緩慢的夏日一週？

“世事難料，沒準這是我高爾夫生涯的最後一次贏球。”——韓國高爾夫球手樑榮銀在戰勝了泰格•伍茲後如是說。這也是伍茲首次以領先的優勢進入大滿貫賽事最後一輪後最終敗北。在最後幾桿的激烈爭奪中，樑榮銀顯得謙遜而放鬆，甚至略帶些許禪宗的淡定。他在賽後說：“伍茲很棒，但總會有時運不濟的時候。這場比賽大概就是這樣。”

“我只關心向前飛奔，然後獲勝，因爲我知道我的對手做好了準備。”——牙買加田徑飛人博爾特如是說。在世界田徑錦標賽上，他以9.58秒的成績刷新了100米短跑紀錄。博爾特說，他無意打破自己保持的記錄，只想在比賽中集中精力超越對手。這一經驗之談或許也可應用於商場中。

“我走南闖北，但最終總是回到原地。”——《廣告狂人》的主角道恩•德雷柏(Don Draper，喬•漢姆飾演）如是說。這部熱播電視劇的第三季在AMC電視臺首播。（愛死這部片子了。）這位厭惡博爾特、具有1960年代標誌特性的廣告人無法揮別過去，終日愁苦，難以釋懷。

“你的腰帶上現在掛着MP3播放器、社交和上網終端、照相機、個人導航設備，將來還會有等離子電視。”——加拿大RIM公司的聯合首席執行官吉姆•貝爾斯利(Jim Balsillie)如是說。他出現在傑西•亨佩爾(Jessi Hempel)爲本期《財富》雜誌所寫的封面故事中。在本刊剛剛公佈的100家成長最快的公司名錄裏，RIM位居榜首。

“我一直往沙拉中摻沙子；我吃到沙子了。”——沙奎爾•奧尼爾(Shaquille O’Neal)談到在真人秀節目“Shaq Vs.”中迎戰奧運會沙灘排球冠軍特里埃諾(Misty May-Treanor)和瓦爾什(Kerri Walsh)時這麼說。沙奎爾將在自己這檔黃金時間播出的新節目中，和體育界的明星們在各自的領域內PK。沙奎爾在Twitter主頁上稱自己說的話“備受引述”。他對《紐約時報》說：“我要感謝這兩位美女，因爲她們接受了挑戰。我希望她們不會太過受挫。”該節目將在ABC電視臺首播。

“無論你養着什麼動物，貓、狗、爬行類，甚至是馬，我都鼓勵你全心全意地關愛它們。”——邁克爾•維克(Michael Vick)。這位費城老鷹隊的候補四分衛曾因非法鬥狗而被判入獄，他隨後對此深表悔過，希望彌補過失。（愛爬行類動物？還是找家公關公司吧！！）

“我們只不過是一家小公司，經歷過一些風浪，現在正想辦法吸引用戶。”——美國在線（AOL）新任首席執行官蒂姆-阿姆斯特朗(Tim Armstrong)。這家昔日的網絡先鋒如今深陷困境。蒂姆着手推行重振計劃，以便和母公司時代華納集團順利拆分。

“現在，我們很清楚地看到一點：單純依靠廣告收入無法維持網絡業務的運營。高質量的新聞報導應當收費。”——《金融時報》首席執行官李爾庭(John Ridding)。他在《紐約時報》上撰文，談論該報在2001年開始對網站讀者收費的決定。如今，其它的新聞網站不斷地跟進效仿，他對這種發展趨勢也頗爲滿意。“曾幾何時，我們在收費領域非常孤獨。”

“斯佩克特大錯特錯了，我從沒用過‘死亡小組’這種說法。即便是自由派媒體也沒那麼說過我。” ——愛荷華州共和黨參議員查克•格拉斯利(Chuck Grassley)在Twitter上回復民主黨參議員阿倫•斯佩克特(Arlen Specter)。兩人因醫療改革，特別是臨終關懷一事齟齬難解。

“會議一開始，我的同事就鎖上了門。相信我，再沒人遲到過。”——全球最大玩具商美泰公司(Mattel)首席執行官鮑勃•埃克爾特(Bob Eckert)。他剛剛在新一期的《財富》雜誌上撰文《我得到的最佳建議》。