Today a Li Ning product is purchased every ten seconds.

如今，每十秒钟就会卖出一件李宁商品。

Success for Li Ning was guaranteed, and it came quickly.

李宁品牌迅速取得成功。

But Li Ning's goal when he retired was not to make money.

但在李宁退役之时，他的目标不是为了挣钱。

In just a few years, Li Ning won more than fifty per cent of the national market.

短短几年间，李宁的市场份额超过了50%。

A year after his retirement, Li Ning began a new career, as a businessman.

退役一年后，李宁开启了商人之路。

Li Ning's name was on it, together with footballer Pele and boxer Muhammad Ali.

李宁的名字记录在册，和他一起的还有足球运动员贝利和拳击运动员阿里。

Li Ning's designs were attractive and they had a major advantage over their better-known rivals-they were cheaper.

李宁的设计非常吸引人，较其它竞争对手相比，李宁的最大优势就是价格便宜。

A pair of Nike trainers, for example, could cost up to five times as much as a similar Li Ning product.

一双耐克运动鞋的价格能达到李宁类似产品的五倍。

Li Ning has discovered that the work of a great sportsman does not finish when he retires from the sport.

李宁发现作为一名伟大运动员，即使退役后，他的事业也远没有结束。

The Spanish and French gymnastics teams wear Li Ning clothes, while Italian designers are employed by the company to create new styles.

西班牙和法国体操队穿着李宁服装，公司还聘请了意大利设计师设计新服饰。

If you go into a school or university anywhere, the chances are you will see students in Li Ning tracksuits with the familiar logo.

前往任意一所学校或大学，你就会看到穿着类似李宁品牌的学生。

But even though he had won everything it was possible to win in his sport, Li Ning retired with the feeling that he had failed.

尽管他获得了体操领域的所有殊荣，但退役时李宁却认为自己失败了。