As a matter of fact,these attributes are precisely  9000 ;the opposite of those needed to transform a talented but otherwise unremarkable neighborhood kid into a Michael Jordan or a Joe Montana. 
从but后面就不太理解了，请高人翻译。 　
 
 

事实上，这些特性却恰恰不是把一个富有天赋但是默默无闻的邻家男孩变成Michael Jordan或Joe Montana（名人...）所需的。

As a matter of fact,these attributes are precisely the opposite of those needed to transform a talented but otherwise unremarkable neighborhood kid into a Michael Jordan or a Joe Montana. 

talented but otherwise unremarkable 做neighborhood kid定语

transform into 词组

but otherwise ：然而在别的方面却

没什么，助人为乐