Motivation Daily by Motiversity - I WASN'T RAISED A QUITTER - A Tribute to Dad | Former NBA Athlete Walter Bond Motivational Speech

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Starting point is 00:00:53 I had never been hurt a day in my life. My very first game, I broke my foot. I threw me a pity party. My trainer came to me since Walter, we can get you back for the Big Ten season. We can get you back. We can get you right back in five weeks. I said, Roger, when I come out of surgery, I want you to take me to the stationary bike.

Starting point is 00:01:14 Put me on the bike and take my cast to the pedal. But, Walter, when you come out of surgery, you're going to be on morphine and you won't feel like it. Go back and rest. I said, Roger, I don't have time to rest. Can you do that favor for me? Can you take me to the stationary bike? Put me on the bike and take my cast to the pedal. As soon as surgery was over, he carried me to the stationary bike.

Starting point is 00:01:32 Put me on that bike and he take my cast to the pedal. And I had a customary workout that was symbolic that I was symbolic that I was. I don't have time to rest. I had tears on my eyes as I peddled that bike. And I thought to myself, I can't quit. I came back in six weeks. We're playing a gas on Al State Buckeyes on National TV. They had a guy named Jimmy Jackson at that time.

Starting point is 00:02:02 On national TV, me and Jimmy Jackson are going at it. In the first half, I had 15 points, five rebounds and five assists. And as the first half ran out, I pulled up for my patented baseline jump shot, and I felt my foot break again. I've been trained to follow through. Every day in practice, my coach would say, Walter, shoot it like you on it, baby. Shoot it like it's yours.

Starting point is 00:02:24 Even though I felt my foot break, I still follow through. And my last college basketball shot went in all nets because I've been trained to follow through. Discipline every single day and train yourself to follow through on all your fundamentals, and that's how you're going to be successful. You have to do it when you don't feel like it.

Starting point is 00:02:52 You have to do it when you feel discouraged. You have to do it when you don't feel discouraged. You have to do it when you don't feel healthy. You have to do it when you're under the weather. Every single day, you have to train yourself to focus and commit to your business and follow through. My college and career was over. I got offered a job to become a hospital administrator. Two-year program, $75,000 job.

Starting point is 00:03:20 And right before I took the job, my daddy called me on the phone. Let me tell you about my daddy. When I was a little boy, my daddy would always pick me up. When he came home from work, he picked me up. When he saw me in the nursery after church, he picked me up. No matter how long he works, no matter how tired he was, my dad would always pick me up. So when I had my kids, I would always pick up my kids. When I got home, sometimes I was tired.

Starting point is 00:03:45 They have a bottle in one hand and they just lifted up the other head and they knew what daddy was supposed to do. My job was to pick them up. This is a spiritual interaction. When you pick up a child, it is a spiritual transaction. When you pick up a child, you change their perspective. When you pick up a child, all of a sudden they can see the world the way you see it. I don't care what your children have done.

Starting point is 00:04:14 There is nothing they can do for you to stop picking them up. What my daughter is a drug addict, I don't care, pick her up. My son messes up. I don't care. Pick him up. I don't care. You pick that. That is your job, Mama.

Starting point is 00:04:35 That is your job, Daddy. That is your drive, grandma. That is your job, granddad. Your number one job is to pick them up and change their perspective. My saddest day, one day, my daddy looked at me and he said, boy, you're too big. I can't pick you up anymore. He couldn't pick me up physically. He would pick me up emotionally.

Starting point is 00:05:00 He would pick me up spiritually. I had a great dad because he would always pick me up. He would always change. My. So my daddy called me on the phone and asked me a question. He said, son, you had a tough year. What's next? I said, Dad, I'm going to be a hospital administrator. He said, not bad, but let me ask you a question, son. Do you believe you're an NBA player? You can't outproduce your self-image, son. If you don't think so, go take the job. But if you believe you're an NBA player, my dad, had the self-control and discipline and waited for my answer. And my answer was yes. You're right, Dad. I can't work the rest of my life. A playing in the NBA is a dream. I've had ever since I was a little boy. He said, go for it, son. I leapt back into my coach's office with the cast of my foot.

Starting point is 00:05:56 I said, Coach, what do I need to do to play in the NBA? I asked that question four years in the row with tears in his eyes. He said, son, when I recruited you, I heard you as a mama's boy. But I'm here to tell you, you're just like your daddy. But what do I need to do to play in the NBA? He said do two things you can play in NBA. Lose 20 pounds and shoot a three-point shot with range, you can play in India. I think you should be a motivational speaker, son, but

Starting point is 00:06:25 if you lose 20 pounds and shoot a three-point shot with range, you can play in the NBA. I lost 20 pounds, and every day I would shoot 500 shots today every single day. I got invited to training camp with the Dallas Mavericks, and not only did I make the team, I became the first ever, undrafted rookie free agent in the history of the Dallas Mavericks to start open a night. Can you imagine what was going through my mind? I had not started the basketball games since high school. I got to the arena and they dimmed the lights and they put the spotlight right on me.

Starting point is 00:07:04 Right through the spotlight I saw my mom, my dad, and all my brothers and sisters. They surprised me at the game. Then I saw my dad and I just pumped my fist and he pumped his fist, streamed down my face. Thank you for all those timeouts. Thank you for making sure I was always home when the street lights came on. Thank you for making sure I could always hear your voice. Thank you for always changing my perspective. What it feels like to sit on a bench.

Starting point is 00:08:00 I know what it feels like to get knocked down. I know what it feels like to have a hope in the dream. And nobody believes in it but a few people. Go for your dreams. Don't live life with regrets. Go for your dreams. Don't live life with regrets. Go for your dreams.

Starting point is 00:08:24 Don't live life with regrets. I could always hear my daddy's voice. You have children, you have grandchildren, can your children and grandchildren hear your voice? I could always hear my daddy's voice. He would say, go out, have a good time, play with your friends, but don't let the streetlights beat your home. When I started my motivational speaking business,

Starting point is 00:08:44 I called my daddy and said, Daddy, I'm going to be a motivational speaker. He said, son, you think you can be successful at it? I said, yes, sir. You think you can make a lot of money at it? I said, yes, sir. He says, go for it. That's all my daddy says.

Starting point is 00:08:57 to me was go for it. So when I think about life, when I think about my goals, one thing he did for me as a father is to make sure I was always where I was supposed to be. He would have me write my goals down and he would check in periodically basically asking me, Walter, where are you supposed to be? Do you realize how powerful that is? If you ask that question of your kids, what are your goals, what are your future, who do you want to be when you grow up and every now and then check in by asking a simple question?

Starting point is 00:09:36 Where are you supposed to be? The bell is ringing and I came to ring your bell and asked you the question father Where are you supposed to be and ask that question to your children? Where are you supposed? And don't you quit until you're number one? I

Motivation Daily by Motiversity - I WASN'T RAISED A QUITTER - A Tribute to Dad | Former NBA Athlete Walter Bond Motivational Speech

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