Editor＇s Note: Jason Williams, or Jay Williams, who graduated in just three years from Duke University, took part in the 2002 NBA Draft1 and was selected by Chicago with the No． 2 pick． Starting every game (108) in his three seasons at Duke, he assisted the Blue Devils2 to a 95－13 record, while winning or sharing two Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)3 regular season titles and claiming three ACC Tournament championships． Additionally, Duke got the 2001 NCAA4 championship when Jay was a second year student． He is now a point guard for the Chicago Bulls5．
In this issue, we present some of his diaries and some questions asked of him by reporters and his answers． From these diaries and the interview we will catch a glimpse6 of this new star of the NBA．
Selected Diaries
May 12, 2002
Duke University Graduation
In 2001, I considered leaving Duke to enter the NBA when I was a second year student. But I stayed in school, took summer classes, and graduated in three years with a degree in sociology. After I made the decision to stay in school, I really put all my attention and effort into the year ahead. If you have to make a decision, you make it, stick with7 it, and follow through.
It was great that I was graduating, but I was a little sad that I wasn't graduating with all the friends I came into college with. I kind of8 wanted them to be around to share that moment.
June 26，2002
NBA Draft
Crazy. That's the only way to describe the NBA draft. You don't know what's going to happen.
The draft was just a process of waiting. You have to wait and hear everybody else talk about you. You didn't know where you were going. You really have no control over it at all. You're just like a piece of meat that's waiting to be packaged to go somewhere.
Once draft night happened, I was extremely happy it was over. I was also very happy that I got a chance to go to a city and team where I really wanted to go—Chicago.
October 10，2002
Pre－season Starts
Pre-season gets pretty crazy. You have four games in six nights sometimes. You forget about the days and the time. When practice is over, a lot of guys are tired and go home and sleep. The practices are intense and long. In college, you probably go for an hour and a half. Here, we're going for two and a half or three hours. Hopefully, that'll start to bite down9 a little as the season goes on.
杰森·威廉姆斯，也叫杰·威廉姆斯，仅仅用了三年的时间就从杜克大学毕业，他参加2002年NBA选秀，并且以新秀榜眼的身份被芝加哥公牛队选中。在杜克大学的三个赛季中，威廉姆斯作为首发队员参加所有的108场比赛，帮助杜克大学蓝魔队取得了95胜13负的成绩，同时还取得了两个“大西洋海岸联盟”常规赛冠军和三个“大西洋海岸联盟”锦标赛冠军。另外，在他上大学二年级的时候，杜克大学队还获得“全美大学生体育协会”冠军。他现在是芝加哥公牛队的控球后卫。
本期我们向读者提供杰·威廉姆斯写的一些日记，以及他接受记者采访的纪录，希望读者能从中窥见这位NBA新星的风采。
日记选读
2002年5月12日
从杜克大学毕业
2001年，我大学二年级的时候，我曾考虑离开杜克大学去NBA打球。但后来我还是留在学校里，利用暑期补习功课，用三年的时间完成学业，获得了社会学学位。在我决定留在大学继续读书后，接下来的整整一年我付出我全部的努力。如果你不得不做出决定，那你就决定吧，并且坚持到底。
就要毕业了，我感觉好极了。但是，我也有些伤感，因为我不是同一起进校的朋友一块儿毕业，我希望他们在我的身边分享这一时刻。
2002年6月26日
NBA选秀
疯狂，只能用这个词来描述NBA选秀活动了，你不知道会发生什么事情。
选秀只是一个等待的过程，你得等着，听别人谈论你，你不知道自己将何去何从，你一点办法也没有，你像一块肉，等着包装出售。
选秀之夜来了，我很高兴一切都结束了。我也很高兴我有机会去自己想去的球队和城市——芝加哥。
2002年10月10日
季前赛开始
季前赛打得很狂热。有时六晚上打四场比赛，你忘记了日期和时间。训练结束后，很多人都非常疲惫，都回家睡觉去了。训练的强度很大、时间长。在大学，我们可能练上一个半小时，但在这儿要练上两个半或三个小时。希望随着赛季的进行，训练时间会缩短。
1. NBA Draft 选秀
2． Blue Devils 杜克大学蓝魔队
3． ACC 大西洋海岸联盟。美国的许多大学都属于某个体育联盟，专与联盟中的其他学校比赛，比较有影响的有“大东联盟”（The Big East），“东南联盟”（The Southeastern Conference），“大西洋海岸联盟”（The Atlantic Coast Conference）等等。
4． NCAA National Collegiate Athletic Association 全美大学生体育协会
5． point guard 控球后卫
6． catch a glimpse [glimps] of 一瞥
7． stick with sth． 坚持（某事）
8． kind of 有点、有些
9． bite down 减少