My parents, of course,I have to tell you(当然,我不得不告诉你们)
Didn’t understand my dreams at all(我的父母一点都不理解我的梦想)
They were always wondering, they said(他们总是心存疑惑地问)
What is he doing(你在干什么)
When are you going to get a job(你什么时候才能找到工作)
A real job(一份真正的工作)
When are you going to make money(你什么时候能赚到钱)
And all of those questions I got. And they said(还有很多类似的问题。他们说)
I hope we didn’t raise a bum(希望我们没有养一个废物)
Someone that doesn’t make money and just wants to live in a gymnasium and think about their bodies(一个不去赚钱只希望在健身馆里研究自己身体的废物)
Well, I endured all of this negative thinking(我承受住了这些消极的想法)
And the more negative the thinking got(负面的声音越多)
And the more negative the questions got(质疑也就越多)
The stronger and the more positive I became(而我的内心却变得更强大)
(Music)
But let me tell you something, my young friends(但我要告诉你们,年轻人就是要勇于坚持自己的梦想)
Keep your dreams(坚守梦想)
No matter what, keep your dreams(无论如何,坚守梦想)
Even when you are temporarily defeated or denied(即使暂时被打倒或被人否定)
Keep your dreams(也不要放弃你们的梦想)
A person, of course, should not be stingy with their dreams(当然,一个人不应该缺少梦想)
So always it just carried me on, those dreams(所以一直以来,都是这些梦想在激励我前进)
So bodybuilding gave me the confidence(健美运动给了我自信)
Movies gave me the money(电影事业带给我财富)
And public service and being a governor gave me a purpose larger than myself(服务国家和成为州长给了我一个超越自己的目标)
And that is the brief story of my dreams and a brief story of my early life(这些就是关于我梦想和我早年生活的故事)
And how my dreams made me successful(以及我的梦想如何引导我走向成功的故事)
(Music)