有“新加坡之寶”之稱
籃球名宿李烈明暈倒不治 推薦給朋友
updated:2007-07-24 16:53:21 MYT

（新加坡訊）被譽為“新加坡之寶”的前籃球國手李烈明，週一（7月23日）早上突然在一間綜合診療所內暈倒，被送往醫院搶救後宣告不治，享年69歲。

李烈明是新加坡籃球名宿。他從1958年至1970年代表新加坡隊南征北伐，參加的國際賽包括半島運動會（東運會的前身）、亞運會、亞洲錦標賽與奧運會外圍賽。由於他的球藝精湛，曾一度被新加坡報章封為“新加坡之寶”。

李烈明的妻子洪清珍週二（24日）早上在驗屍房受訪時說，丈夫一生熱愛籃球，在逝世前仍然活躍與於新加坡籃壇，於6月被委任為安德遜中學的籃球教練。

洪清珍說，丈夫在4年前曾中風入院，必須使用輪椅代步。“當時醫生說，他應該需要半年的時間才能恢復，但他的意志力很堅強，不願意坐在輪椅上，所以他才花了兩個月，就可以站起來。”

她說，丈夫生前是一名有戰鬥力和意志堅強的人，從來不向困難低頭。 （星洲日報/體育•2007.07.24）

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when i received the news, i couldnt believe my eyes. i told myself that it couldnt be true, i dint even get to say a last goodbye. when was the last time that i visited 教练? i felt like hitting myself in my head..why dint i visited him when i felt that i had to? well, we never know right?

then i went down to the wake, i told myself that i wouldnt cry, there is no reason for me to- but i just cant stop the tears from welling up in my eyes as i looked at the newspaper clippings of his death and as i walked by the side of the coffin.

reality hit in right in the stomach.
tears rolled down from my eyes.

there is no more "教练, 我们下次再来看你" cos there is no more 下次..no more CNY visits to his place and listening to him talk passionately about his current bballers and about their trainings and achievements. no more listening to him trying to recall what achievements our batch have..there is no more hearing him calling out our names in the special way that only he does it..no more looking at the cute look on his face as he talk about his pride and his favourite few players. no more looking at him and his old records collection.

i dint know that it is going to hit me so hard.

李教练 was the only coach that bothered to train us when the other coaches were not around- from nothing, he organised the trainings and made sure that we get our basics right. he was the one who bought me my first pair of bball shorts and my first set of bball jersey. he was the one who came to school and brought us to our first basketball game, he was there at our first victory and share our first defeat. he was there when someone say looking at us play he want to vomit blood- yet he chose to believe in us and he chose to trust that we could do it and we made it to the nationals that year and we made it to top 8. he was the one who brought us to eat the white carrot cake at AMK and treated us to it..countless treats of drinks and food that i lost count of them...

he was there when i told him that i am playing bball in sajc and he was glad that i am still playing bball..he rejoice with us when he heard that we all got into university and you can see the pride that is beaming in his eyes to see his basketballers doing well in life. he saw us through when we were mere kids to the yound adult that we are today. he was there and he was there all the while- yet i took it for granted that he is always going to be there.

i thought that if he survived that stroke, he can make it through anything. i thought that my 李教练 will make it through anything. i thought that he will be there when i would proudly show him who my boyfriend is and i thought that he would be there when i hold my wedding and even with my children. i thought alot dint i? i just dint think that he would be gone..................

and i dont even have a proper photo with him...why??
李教练, 谢谢你, 我不知道能够说些什么, 但是我还是要谢谢你为我们所做过的一切.

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its been a really long week and its only thurs..there was so much that i want to do this week but my body couldnt take the pressure and i fell sick after the lack of sleep since last fri..i truly understood what it meant by 休息是为了走更长远的路. i wanted to spend more time with the cg but i dint managed to do that, thank God that they are people who stood in the gap..

orientation was great but that is the last thing on my mind right now...
i need to get over this and get on with the many things that i need to do..

just not right now..time- is what is needed for reality to sink in and for me to think it through..thinking- once again- maybe i shld really stop thinking and start to do something.

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