Motivation Daily by Motiversity - BET ON YOU - Powerful Motivational Speech (Featuring Stephen A. Smith)

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Starting point is 00:00:36 The link is in the description. 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.

Starting point is 00:01:07 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. 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 playing before any of that. If I never try, if I don't go for this, where's that going to leave? 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.

Starting point is 00:01:50 Betting on yourself is believing in you. 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.

Starting point is 00:02:28 You should be scared if you're ignorant to what you want to do, why you want to do it, 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 a lot. And if you can't do it, you scratch, claw, and even die trying. 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.

Starting point is 00:03:04 It's my commitment to excellence. for the collective whole. I believe I'm the best difference. I apologize for it to anybody. You know, Denzel Washington talks about consistency, the importance of consistency. You got to put it into work, you got to go for it. But you have to have consistency.

Starting point is 00:03:35 Because without consistency, you're putting into 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 no, when you mess up.

Starting point is 00:03:49 Because when you mess up, what I mean when I say it's gonna catch you is that something, you're gonna look at you and you're gonna say, I didn't try, I didn't go for it. But I often tell people this, particularly when it comes to relationships, relationships come and go. Things don't work out sometimes. But there is nothing on earth.

Starting point is 00:04:22 worse than when you know you're the reason it messed up. See, if somebody mistreats you, if somebody that you love don't want you no more, but you 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 fine, it's when you know it was you. And you messed up.

Starting point is 00:04:46 You messed up. You heard that. Everybody you've run across has had apprehension about who they are. 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

Starting point is 00:05:16 without looking at this thing. What is your definition of greatness? My definition of greatness, sustained excellence. Anybody could be great for a moment. Anybody could have their moment in the sun. But who you truly, truly are at a particular crime. It's whatever it is done over a sustained period of time.

Starting point is 00:05:46 To me, first take being number one is not what I'm proud. I'm proud of the fact that it's been 11 years. straight. 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 down

Starting point is 00:06:08 and just be about the business. I'm brilliant because I know I'm not. I steal from those who are. And I learned from them. And I disseminate that level of brilliance that I got from other people, always giving them credit, number one. Number two, here's the business.

Starting point is 00:06:34 biggest thing. I think I'm the best because I think about 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. 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, pardon the interruption is number one on the ESPN, not me.

Starting point is 00:07:18 I'm not those guys. They're the institution. You see what I'm saying? I understand who I am, but what I'm saying is, is that you show me what winning is for the brand, and I'm going to bust my buck to go and get it for you.

Starting point is 00:07:35 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 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 Jay-Z, you run a rock nation, you're a billionaire, blah, blah, blah.

Starting point is 00:08:02 Do you make music just for yourself, or do you think about what the audience would want? If everyone could take this in and realize it's about the world, win-win. When I was playing high school ball, as a freshman, I'm trying to make the varsity. Right. And I wasn't as good yet, but I was tall, so they put me in there, right? I would listen to coach and say, in complaining about some of the starters who weren't hustling, is that 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, what he wants,

Starting point is 00:08:32 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, 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 in making a difference, if I wasn't interested in impacting lives of others in a positive fashion, they would have not been interested in giving me the top of that. I had to be interested.

Starting point is 00:09:01 There's something greater than myself to get their interest to elevate in me.

Motivation Daily by Motiversity - BET ON YOU - Powerful Motivational Speech (Featuring Stephen A. Smith)

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