[11] That night I walked over to Luz Long's room in the Olympic village to thank him. I knew that if it hadn't been for him I probably wouldn't be jumping in the finals the following day. We sat and talked for two hours--about track and field, ourselves, the world situation, a dozen other things.
[12] When I finally got up to leave, we both knew that a real friendship had been formed. Luz would go out to the field the next day trying to beat me if he could. But I knew that he wanted me to do my best--even if that meant my winning.
[13] As it turned out, Luz broke his own past record. In doing so, he pushed me on to a peak performance. I remember that at the instant I landed from my final jump--the one which set the Olympic record of 26 feet 5 1/16 inches--he was at my side, congratulating me. Despite the fact that Hitler glared at us from the stands not a hundred yards away, Luz shook my hand had--and it wasn't a fake "smile with a broken heart" sort of grip, either.
[14]All the gold medals and cups I have wouldn't make a plating on the 24-carat friendship I felt for Luz Long at the moment. I realized then that Luz was just what Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Games, must have had in his mind when he said, "The important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part. The essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well."
然后我们交谈了一会。我没有告诉隆格是什么在“困扰找,但他却好像知道我心里有气,便竭力安慰我。他尽管接受了纳粹青年运动的教育,却一点也不比我更相信雅利安人优异那一套。不过,他看起来倒确实像个优等民族的人,我俩不由得笑起来了。他比我高一英寸,身材修长,肌肉结实,蓝蓝的眼睛,金黄的头发,还长着一张异常英俊的面孔。后来,他见我有些平静了,便用手指向踏板。 “看,他说。“你为什么不在踏板后面几英寸的地方划一道线,然后就从那儿起跳呢?你肯定不会犯规,而且足可以跳进决赛。预赛得不到第一又有什么关系呢?明天的才算数。
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