[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.41,0:00:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every other night in Japan, Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.38,0:00:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I step out of my apartment, Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.43,0:00:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I climb up a hill for 15 minutes, Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.95,0:00:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I head into my local health club, Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.63,0:00:18.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where three ping-pong tables\Nare set up in a studio. Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.18,0:00:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And space is limited, Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.18,0:00:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so at every table, Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.91,0:00:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one pair of players practices forehands, Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.87,0:00:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another practices backhands, Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.18,0:00:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every now and then,\Nthe balls collide in midair Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.80,0:00:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everybody says, "Wow!" Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.07,0:00:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, choosing lots,\Nwe select partners and play doubles. Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.89,0:00:42.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I honestly couldn't\Ntell you who's won, Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.80,0:00:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we change partners\Nevery five minutes. Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.10,0:00:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And everybody is trying really hard Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.61,0:00:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to win points, Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.07,0:00:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but nobody is keeping track\Nof who is winning games. Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.99,0:01:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after an hour or so\Nof furious exertion, Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.25,0:01:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can honestly tell you Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.93,0:01:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that not knowing who has won Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.86,0:01:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feels like the ultimate victory. Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.80,0:01:11.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Japan, it's been said, Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.74,0:01:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they've created a competitive spirit\Nwithout competition. Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.18,0:01:24.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, all of you know that geopolitics\Nis best followed by watching ping-pong. Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.28,0:01:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.80,0:01:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The two strongest powers in the world\Nwere fiercest enemies Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.71,0:01:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until, in 1972, an American ping-pong team Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.42,0:01:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was allowed to visit Communist China. Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.19,0:01:42.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as soon as the former adversaries Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.73,0:01:46.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were gathered around\Nsome small green tables, Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.74,0:01:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each of them could claim a victory, Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.37,0:01:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the whole world\Ncould breathe more easily. Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.32,0:01:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China's leader, Mao Zedong, Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.62,0:01:58.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wrote a whole manual on ping-pong, Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.99,0:02:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he called the sport\N"a spiritual nuclear weapon." Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.08,0:02:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's been said that the only\Nhonorary lifelong member Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.01,0:02:10.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the US Table Tennis Association Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.84,0:02:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the then-President Richard Nixon, Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.71,0:02:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who helped to engineer\Nthis win-win situation Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.45,0:02:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through ping-pong diplomacy. Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.32,0:02:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But long before that, Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.80,0:02:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really, the history of the modern world Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.42,0:02:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was best told through\Nthe bouncing white ball. Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.46,0:02:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ping-pong" sounds\Nlike a cousin of "sing-song," Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.16,0:02:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like something Eastern, Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.29,0:02:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but actually, it's believed\Nthat it was invented by high-class Brits Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.53,0:02:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during Victorian times, Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.32,0:02:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who started hitting wine corks\Nover walls of books after dinner. Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.42,0:02:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.49,0:02:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No exaggeration. Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.69,0:02:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.79,0:02:53.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by the end of World War I, Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.77,0:02:59.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sport was dominated by players\Nfrom the former Austro-Hungarian Empire: Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.50,0:03:02.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eight out of nine\Nearly world championships Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.56,0:03:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were claimed by Hungary. Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.84,0:03:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Eastern Europeans grew so adept Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.73,0:03:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at hitting back everything\Nthat was hit at them Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.10,0:03:14.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they almost brought\Nthe whole sport to a standstill. Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.27,0:03:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In one championship match\Nin Prague in 1936, Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.90,0:03:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first point is said to have lasted\Ntwo hours and 12 minutes. Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.66,0:03:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first point! Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.94,0:03:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Longer than a "Mad Max" movie. Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.71,0:03:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And according to one of the players,\Nthe umpire had to retire with a sore neck Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.74,0:03:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before the point was concluded. Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.81,0:03:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.85,0:03:42.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That player started hitting\Nthe ball back with his left hand Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.74,0:03:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and dictating chess moves between shots. Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.56,0:03:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.60,0:03:49.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many in the audience\Nstarted, of course, filing out, Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.91,0:03:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as that single point lasted\Nmaybe 12,000 strokes. Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.73,0:03:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And an emergency meeting of\Nthe International Table Tennis Association Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.81,0:04:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had to be held then and there, Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.51,0:04:04.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and soon the rules were changed Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.69,0:04:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that no game could last\Nlonger than 20 minutes. Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.54,0:04:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.97,0:04:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sixteen years later,\NJapan entered the picture, Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.41,0:04:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when a little-known\Nwatchmaker called Hiroji Satoh Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.82,0:04:23.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,showed up at the world championships\Nin Bombay in 1952. Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.65,0:04:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Satoh was not very big,\Nhe wasn't highly rated, Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.94,0:04:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was wearing spectacles, Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.38,0:04:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he was armed with a paddle\Nthat was not pimpled, Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.24,0:04:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as other paddles were, Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.97,0:04:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but covered by a thick spongy rubber foam. Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.85,0:04:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And thanks to this silencing\Nsecret weapon, Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.13,0:04:50.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the little-known Satoh won a gold medal. Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.95,0:04:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One million people came out\Ninto the streets of Tokyo Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.10,0:04:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to greet him upon his return, Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.53,0:05:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and really, Japan's postwar resurgence\Nwas set into motion. Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.07,0:05:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I learned, though,\Nat my regular games in Japan, Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.25,0:05:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is more what could be called\Nthe inner sport of global domination, Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.34,0:05:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes known as life. Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.85,0:05:21.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We never play singles in our club, Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.02,0:05:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only doubles, Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.39,0:05:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because, as I say,\Nwe change partners every five minutes, Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.96,0:05:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you do happen to lose,\Nyou're very likely to win Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.64,0:05:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,six minutes later. Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.79,0:05:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also play best-of-two sets, Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.76,0:05:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so often, there's no loser at all. Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.03,0:05:42.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ping-pong diplomacy. Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.30,0:05:45.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I always remember\Nthat as a boy growing up in England, Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.62,0:05:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was taught that the point\Nof a game was to win. Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.07,0:05:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in Japan, I'm encouraged to believe\Nthat, really, the point of a game Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.45,0:06:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to make as many people as possible\Naround you feel that they are winners. Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.19,0:06:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you're not careening up and down\Nas an individual might, Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.56,0:06:08.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you're part of a regular,\Nsteady chorus. Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.31,0:06:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most skillful players in our club Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.28,0:06:17.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deploy their skills to turn\Na 9-1 lead for their team Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.86,0:06:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a 9-9 game in which everybody\Nis intensely involved. Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.96,0:06:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my friend who hits\Nthese high, looping lobs Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.49,0:06:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that smaller players flail at and miss -- Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.47,0:06:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, he wins a lot of points,\Nbut I think he's thought of as a loser. Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.64,0:06:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Japan, a game of ping-pong\Nis really like an act of love. Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.26,0:06:44.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're learning how to play with somebody, Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.63,0:06:46.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than against her. Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.34,0:06:48.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll confess, Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.52,0:06:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at first, this seemed to me\Nto take all the fun out of the sport. Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.34,0:06:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't exult after a tremendous upset\Nvictory against our strongest players, Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.58,0:07:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because six minutes later,\Nwith a new partner, Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.10,0:07:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was falling behind again. Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.91,0:07:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the other hand,\NI never felt disconsolate. Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.48,0:07:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I flew away from Japan\Nand started playing singles again Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.68,0:07:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my English archrival, Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.81,0:07:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I noticed that after every defeat,\NI was really brokenhearted. Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.95,0:07:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But after every victory,\NI couldn't sleep either, Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.25,0:07:27.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I knew there was\Nonly one way to go, Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.70,0:07:29.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was down. Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.40,0:07:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, if I were trying to do\Nbusiness in Japan, Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.17,0:07:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this would lead to endless frustration. Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.14,0:07:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Japan, unlike elsewhere, Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.34,0:07:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if the score is still level\Nafter four hours, Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.84,0:07:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a baseball game ends in a tie, Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.50,0:07:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because the league standings\Nare based on winning percentage, Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.17,0:07:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a team with quite a few ties\Ncan finish ahead Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.50,0:07:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a team with more victories. Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.00,0:08:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the first times an American\Nwas ever brought over to Japan Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.86,0:08:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to lead a professional\NJapanese baseball team, Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.39,0:08:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bobby Valentine, in 1995, Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.11,0:08:12.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he took this really mediocre squad, Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.73,0:08:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he lead them to a stunning\Nsecond-place finish, Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.07,0:08:18.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was instantly fired. Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.55,0:08:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.72,0:08:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well," said the team spokesman, Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.93,0:08:24.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"because of his emphasis on winning." Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.18,0:08:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.22,0:08:29.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Official Japan can feel\Nquite a lot like that point Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.51,0:08:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was said to last\Ntwo hours and 12 minutes, Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.28,0:08:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and playing not to lose Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.56,0:08:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can take all the imagination,\Nthe daring, the excitement, out of things. Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.44,0:08:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the same time,\Nplaying ping-pong in Japan Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.27,0:08:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reminds me why choirs\Nregularly enjoy more fun Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.37,0:08:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than soloists. Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.87,0:08:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a choir, your only job is to play\Nyour small part perfectly, Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.64,0:09:02.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to hit your notes with feeling, Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.43,0:09:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by so doing, to help to create\Na beautiful harmony Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.56,0:09:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's much greater\Nthan the sum of its parts. Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.19,0:09:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, every choir does need a conductor, Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.18,0:09:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think a choir releases you\Nfrom a child's simple sense of either-ors. Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.86,0:09:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You come to see that the opposite\Nof winning isn't losing -- Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.44,0:09:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's failing to see the larger picture. Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.75,0:09:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As my life goes on, Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.72,0:09:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm really startled to see that no event Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.88,0:09:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can properly be assessed\Nfor years after it has unfolded. Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.28,0:09:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I once lost everything\NI owned in the world, Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.07,0:09:51.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every last thing, in a wildfire. Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.28,0:09:57.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in time, I came to see\Nthat it was that seeming loss Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.92,0:10:01.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that allowed me to live\Non the earth more gently, Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.88,0:10:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to write without notes, Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.33,0:10:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and actually, to move to Japan Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.98,0:10:10.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the inner health club\Nknown as the ping-pong table. Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.43,0:10:15.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Conversely, I once stumbled\Ninto the perfect job, Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.02,0:10:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I came to see that seeming happiness Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.08,0:10:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can stand in the way of true joy Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.23,0:10:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even more than misery does. Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.82,0:10:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Playing doubles in Japan\Nreally relieves me of all my anxiety, Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.22,0:10:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the end of an evening, Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.86,0:10:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I notice everybody is filing out\Nin a more or less equal state of delight. Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.50,0:10:42.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm reminded every night Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.70,0:10:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that not getting ahead\Nisn't the same thing as falling behind Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.52,0:10:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any more than not being lively\Nis the same thing as being dead. Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.22,0:10:56.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've come to understand why it is Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.68,0:11:02.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Chinese universities\Nare said to offer degrees in ping-pong, Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.27,0:11:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and why researchers\Nhave found that ping-pong Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.26,0:11:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can actually help a little\Nwith mild mental disorders Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.06,0:11:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even autism. Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.20,0:11:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as I watch the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.92,0:11:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to be keenly aware Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.56,0:11:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it won't be possible\Nto tell who's won or who's lost Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.80,0:11:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a very long time. Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.65,0:11:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You remember that point I mentioned Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.00,0:11:32.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was said to last\Nfor two hours and 12 minutes? Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.69,0:11:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, one of the players from that game\Nended up, six years later, Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.46,0:11:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the concentration camps\Nof Auschwitz and Dachau. Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.94,0:11:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he walked out alive. Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.14,0:11:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.58,0:11:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Simply because a guard in the gas chamber Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.73,0:11:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recognized him from\Nhis ping-pong playing days. Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.33,0:11:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Had he been the winner of that epic match? Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.42,0:12:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It hardly mattered. Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.76,0:12:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you recall, many people had filed out\Nbefore even the first point was concluded. Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.44,0:12:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only thing that saved him Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.97,0:12:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the fact that he took part. Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.46,0:12:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The best way to win any game, Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.86,0:12:18.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Japan tells me every other night, Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.68,0:12:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is never, never to think about the score. Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.36,0:12:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.54,0:12:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)