Daily Motivations - BET ON YOU

Starting point is 00:00:00 You're never going to get anywhere being lazy. But I would tell you that hard work is what stands out. I pursue number one at all times. But you have to be able to look at yourself. I always worked hard. I was never lazy. I was always somebody that believed in hard work. And when you work hard and you have that sense of pride, it goes right out the window if you utilize your efforts in a wrong fashion.

Starting point is 00:00:36 But when you do what's right and it's based off of that effort that you put in, then you feel good about it because you took care of your responsibilities. Then you can go play. Can't do the plan before any of that. If I never try, if I don't go for this, where's that going to leave me? Don't be scared to bet on yourself. You're going to be scared anyway, because it is scary. But at the same time, betting on yourself isn't always leaving. Betting on yourself is believing in you.

Starting point is 00:01:14 Knowing who you are, one year worth, having an idea about it anyway, and willing to work towards that to validate that reality. That's betting on yourself. Whatever decision emanates from that is, Based off of you, looking at you and saying, I'm going for it. When you don't do that, what you have done is refrain from challenging yourself to be all you could be. You should be scared if you're clueless. You should be scared if you're ignorant to what you want to do, why you want to do it,

Starting point is 00:01:55 and how you intend to go about achieving whatever aspirations you may have. If you're going to overcome that fear, at some point, knowledge is a part of the equation. What is winning? I challenge any human being alive. And if you can't do it, you scratch, claw, and even die trying it. It was about striving to do whatever you could to be the best that you can be. That is what I believe makes me the best. It's my commitment to excellence for the collective whole.

Starting point is 00:02:32 I believe I'm the best difference. I ain't apologizing for it to anybody. You know, Denzel Washington talks about consistency, the importance of consistency. You got to put into work, you got to go for it. But you have to have consistency because without consistency you're putting in the work the dream is nothing but a dream and I get all of that But you have to be able to look at yourself and you have to be able to be honest with yourself and know When you mess up because when you mess up It's gonna catch you

Starting point is 00:03:18 What I mean when I say it's gonna catch you is at some point you're gonna look at you're gonna look at you you and you're going to say I didn't try I didn't go for it but I often tell people this particularly when it comes to relationships come and go things don't work out sometimes but there is nothing on earth worse than when you know you're the reasoning master see if somebody mistreat you if somebody that you love don't want you no more but wanted them and you treated them right and blah blah blah but it didn't work out it hurts but you'll be fine most people will be fine when you're not fun is when you know it was you and you messed up you messed up you heard that everybody you've run across has had apprehension

Starting point is 00:04:12 about who they are where they are where they're going etc but really the most important thing It requires like a literal look in the mirror. Asking yourself how you will feel if you never try. Because there's no one that could become all they could be without looking at this. Absolutely. What is your definition of greatness? My definition of greatness sustained at it. excellence. Anybody could be great for a moment. Anybody could have their moment in the sun.

Starting point is 00:04:57 But who you truly, truly are at a particular craft, it's whatever is done over a sustained period of time. To me, first take being number one is not what I'm proud of. I'm proud of the fact that it's been 11 years. That's what I'm proud. And the fact that I was able to do that at a continuous level, that means I had to put my head there and just be about the business and do the work. I'm brilliant because I know I'm not. I steal from those who are. And I learn from them. And I disseminate that level of brilliance that I got from other people, always giving them credit.

Starting point is 00:05:50 Number one. Number two, here's the biggest thing. I think I'm the best because I think about the company. How can I help? How can I make my bosses more money? How can I get some of it? That mentality is what makes me the best.

Starting point is 00:06:19 That's a game changer. Because what I'm saying is, I'm not saying I'm the best because I articulate myself on television better than anybody else. Even though I think I work as hard as anybody, but I work more than anybody. Or that I got, even though I've been number one for 11 years and more than television, part of the interruption is number one on the ESPN, not me. I'm not those guys. They're the institution. You see what I'm saying? I understand who I am.

Starting point is 00:06:44 But what I'm saying is, is that you show me what when it is. for the brand and I'm going to bust my buck to go and get it for you. I've shown I'm trustworthy that you can trust that I'm going to be at the top or I'm going to go to down swing. But there is never a moment that I'm on the air that I don't think about what they want. and a lot of times it's just like a musician if you're JZ you run a rock nation you're a billionaire blah blah blah do you make music just for yourself

Starting point is 00:07:25 or do you think about what the audience would want if everyone could take this in and realize it's about the win win when I was playing high school ball as a freshman trying to make the varsity and I wasn't as good yet but I was tall so they put me in there right I would listen to the coach and say

Starting point is 00:07:41 in complaining about some of the starters who weren't hustling and said we need more hustle I need you guys diving for balls jumping out of bounds and I was just like I'm going to be the hustle guy I'm going to do what he needs

Starting point is 00:07:52 what he wants so I can play and try to help him win and that got me on the team it's like working for a company it's like if you can help the company make more money and show them that

Starting point is 00:08:02 they're going to want to continue to support your growth the win win so this is for me that's brilliant and I don't think a lot of people probably think you think that way they don't because if I wasn't interested

Starting point is 00:08:13 in making a difference if I wasn't interested in impacting lots of others in a positive fashion, they would have not been interested to give me the time of day. I had to be interested. There's something greater than myself to get their interest to elevate in me.

Starting point is 00:08:29 Being as excellent as I could possibly be on a day in, day out, week in, week out, month and month out, year in, year out basis. You know, I'm

Daily Motivations - BET ON YOU

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