Have you ever been put in a position
where you didn’t think that you had the strength to carry on.
You must never
give up.
You felt a sense of weakness.
You weren't clear
about exactly what was necessary for you to get to where you needed to be.
Never means under no circumstances
do you give yourself permission to stop.
I mean, it might cross your mind,
you might be tempted,
but you never give in to the temptation to quit.
All quitting is, is a temptation
and you gave into it.
There is always an upgrade tied to your pain.
Your tears have not been cried in vain,
your effort is not in vain.
So when you encounter a major setback,
if you encounter a major roadblock
say to yourself, wow
something huge must be on the way.
You didn’t understand
why all of these things
were pulling you down.
You didn’t realize
that you were all by yourself in this particular situation
not realizing that you needed something
to electrify
your ideas
to give you a sense of hope,
to give you some recognition
that work needed to be done.
Quitting first starts as a thought
we all get that thought
it comes across your mind, "I’m tired"
"I should quit"
We all get those thoughts
it’s not just you
but in order to finish
you got to be able to take those thoughts captive,
you got to be able to talk yourself into it
and stop talking yourself out of it.
Man, "I’m tired, I should quit"
that’s when you talk yourself out of quitting.
Elevation requires patience
and endurance
because it often comes packaged in the form of pain
as you get closer to your breakthrough
it may begin to look like everything is falling apart.
This is the time that you must wake up
and realize
that giving up
is not the option
that you must take.
You got to have that mindset that quitting is not an option.
Give up?
Who me? Never.
Stop? Who me? Never!
That’s for the next guy, that’s for the next girl
but not me, why? Cause I don’t quit, that ain’t how I do it
that ain’t how I roll. I never give up.
You must understand that there will come a time in your life
that circumstances are going to challenge you no matter what you do
but you must never give up.
Don’t let the obstacles discourage you
and make you believe that it’s not meant to be.
Pursue when it’s hard,
pursue even when it would make more sense to give up.
Not you champ, you ain’t the one.
Not you kid, you ain’t the one to quit.
Giving up is not what you do.
You got the wrong one here baby
until you believe that, until you feel that
until you live that we got work to do.
You see, quitting is a mindset.
Quitting is a mentality.
If you quit enough, if you quit all the time
you build a reputation of quitting.
And people get confidence in your track record
and they will bet against you.
He won’t finish, she won’t finish
you know him, he always quits.
But not you, we got to flip the script.
There is purpose within you
but you must never give up.
What they should say
is you know him, he is relentless.
You know her, she is relentless.
You know them, they are tenacious.
Just because it’s hard doesn’t mean it can’t be done.
Yes, you’re going to face some challenges
but you are an overcomer.
So don’t you dare sit there and drown in self-pity.
Yes, I’m talking to you
you might feel stuck, you might feel trapped
but if you look for a solution I promise you will find it.
I understand that it’s gonna get tiresome sometimes.
I understand you’re going to feel like quitting.
I understand you want to give up
and you’re going to want to say you don’t have it anymore
but I’m here to let you know
that you got to rise up
and you got to continue to push forward
and you got to walk down that path
and if you get down, get back up
and if you’re feeling alone you’re not alone for very long.
You have got to find the inner peace within you
because it has yet to be awakened.
When you finish my friend you will be celebrated.
When you finish my friend you will get your reward.
Your prize is waiting on you,
your fans are waiting on you,
your respect is waiting on you,
the admiration is waiting on you
to finish.
The race is not given to the swift or the strong
but those who endure
to the end.
You know it’s easy to smile and feel excited about your future.
When everything is going the way you want it to go
but your endurance is not tested on the mountain
it’s tested in the valley.
So how do you handle dark moments?
You are going to walk down this long path
and this path is the unknown
and a lot of people are not ready for the unknown.
Many people are looking for the way out
instead of looking for the way in.
When they turn you back
and push you back
and tell you that you can’t go on because you don’t have what it takes.
When you start to feel empty inside
when you're starting to feel that you’re drained,
when you're starting to feel that you are depleted
never
give up.
When we look at your tombstone my friend
they gave the date you were born and they’re gonna put the day you expired.
And the dash is what we’re talking about right now.
The dash is what you’re gonna be known for,
the dash is what’s gonna be honoring you.
Can I ask you right now, how hard are you working on your dash?
Your respect is in your dash.
Your wealth is in your dash.
Your dreams have to happen
in your dash.
On your tombstone
we’re gonna know what year you were born,
we’re gonna know what year you expired
but we gotta know what’s in your dash.
By how you live,
we’re going to know what’s in your dash by how you think.
We’re going to know what’s in your dash by how you execute
as long as there’s breath in your body you got to work on your dash.
Faith moves mountains.
Many people don’t have enough faith,
many people don’t believe in themselves
so you hold on to giving up.
Don’t be that person,
don’t be the one that wants to quit,
don’t be the one that wants to say it’s over.
It’s never over.
If you’re living right now, if you’re walking above the ground
it is not over.
Are you willing to work for it?
Are you willing to fight for it?
Are you willing to have people think that you have lost your mind
because you refuse to quit?
You can’t give up on your dream just because your journey is frustrating you.
I know the power of enduring,
I know the power of following through,
I know the power of persistence.
Embrace the challenges,
embrace the struggles,
embrace the pain
and rise above it.
Carry on the torch
with your head up,
never looking down.
Right now, you got to get in shape physically and mentally
for your moment, for your opportunity,
for your window of opportunity is coming
success requires your focus.
Success requires your heart.
Success requires your passion.
Never give up on your purpose.
Never give up on your opportunities.
Never give up on living your life.
Be strong
each and every day.
Your biggest problem, you might be thinking, well,
I ain’t in first place, I’m in last place.
So, sometimes you just gotta finish and let that be your victory.
You can come back later and worry about what place you came in
or what the score was.
Sometimes the finish IS the victory.
You got to understand that, you got to get that,
you got to receive that
because every year we’re going to get better, every year we’re going to build,
every year we’re gonna stack success on top of one another.
I don’t care what your background is,
I don’t care what your story is
only you know your story, only you know your journey
but you gotta make sure you understand how this thing is made.
If you want to give up
give up on quitting, give up on excuses,
give up on I can’t,
give up on trying
and just go after it.
Go hard,
go strong,
never give up,
never quit.
This time is yours
own it, live it,
be it
and hold on to it with everything you got.
You’ve come too far
to give up now.
And as long as you never quit,
as long as you never give up
you got one fan in me
and I will always clap for you
because the victory goes to those who finish.
The victory goes to those
who never
give
up.