if you don't believe in yourself then
who's going to believe in you leave in
yourself okay believe in your power
that's where it starts out you got this
so act like you got this you already
have it know that this is the time to be
something of worth I think the first
thing is recognizing that you are not
what you do inspire yourself into the
right direction look find things of
latch on to hook on to things that
inspire you fill your eyes in your soul
with them and know that this is your
power this is the advantage you have
over everyone else you fill yourself up
with things that inspire you until you
day after day after day being around
people that inspire me not by their
words but moreso by their actions I hear
a lot of people talk every single day
and I was one of these guys and I
started not to listen to what people
said I started to watch how people acted
and how they interact with other people
and that helped me set the bar for what
I want to do just know that you can be
your potential know that you can be this
know that you have this in that tonight
you're gonna fight
a battle for your power a battle but
knowing that you come out on top this is
this is what it's all about you know and
I used to say all the time why me why me
why me and also in that conversation
changed it yeah like why not me like why
not me and I think the more you can
start looking at facing adversity by
saying why not me you approach things
with a completely different mentality
than a person who feels like they're
going to be a victim you start becoming
the hunter again and the more you can
stay with that hunter mentality it will
pay dividends everyone wants to eat but
few are willing to hunt who do you want
to be how do you want people to see you
stronger hard-working successful if you
want people to see you like that you you
need to change change and grow
strengthen yourself build up your
potential construct your future who are
you going to be are you gonna be that
person that wallows in their self-pity
we're gonna be the person that says you
know okay I did this wrong I did that
wrong but how can I be better and I
think that's what I talk about that
relentless mentality to want to be
better at just life in general
now you have to find balance in life
right so they're gonna be times where
your your journeys gonna be down here
and it's gonna be tough and the same
when things get high you know you sign
in a deal or you you know you have to be
able to keep things in perspective and I
think sometimes when I stop I force
myself to assess okay whatever that were
the benefits you know where the
negatives how can i how can I turn this
negative into a positive
all right let me make sure that I don't
get too high and I continue to keep my
head down and work harder because I I
want to achieve more if it's not for me
for the people that work for me or for
my girlfriend or my mom deserves better
so I try to find that one thing because
I'm very goal-oriented that I need to
work towards and once I achieve that
it's another goal and I don't want it to
ever stop because that's what life
should be be selfish and take control of
your life take control of your abilities
take control of your potential don't
waste any more time take courage to
provide for yourself to provide your
potential grasp it no longer will you be
afraid to make it to change it no one
else is living your life take control
practice patience progress take yourself
through the barrier
I came back mentally right like that's a
story like that's it that's a story that
should be cherished for younger kids out
there for older people out there doesn't
matter you don't have to come back and
do what you did before and do it
exponentially better you have to come
back better as a person and and and
really value that process that's a
comeback it's amazing when you have to
be vulnerable to talk about issues that
a lot of people aren't willing to talk
about and I think choose is a really
imperative word because a lot of people
choose not choose not to you know follow
up on things that happened in their past
or sometimes reflect I am where I am and
only I can change it
you are the only person that could
change it at the end of day people can
want to help you as much as they want to
help you and I don't think complainings
answer either
I think vulnerability and and talking to
people out what's actually going on in
your life gets them invested in you and
the more you listen to them get some
invested you know you invested back in
them and that's when a bond is formed
but that person can only take you so far
you have to want to take yourself to a
different place and if you don't have
that then you're gonna stay stuck and a
lot of people choose to stay stuck and
we see it every single day
you have to be vulnerable enough with
yourself to accept the fact that did
happen bad stuff happens to everybody
you have to drive your own car and if
you don't drive it someone's gonna drive
it for you and that that other person is
driving it may not be a person it may be
a darkness that entity that we talked
about that is easy to get lost and
consumed it do have the power the power
to become someone that even the deepest
part of you trusts someone you trust to
succeed become the person that you know
you can be stand up for your future for
your power and for you to be something
full of the worth that is in you you
know we spent so much time talking to
other people and giving other people
advice on what they need to do in their
life and sometimes you need sit down
give yourself advice on what's what's
best for you it's fulfilling to
recognize that nobody is the perfect end
product and everybody has stuff to work
on but once you're able to say wow that
that is something I need to work on and
you feel yourself taking the steps
necessary to be better at it
[Music]
don't do something you do something
because you have to do it do something
to take a step out of the line move away
from the ordinary don't stop because of
failures don't quit because it is
getting hard success comes at a price
and you must be willing to pay it this
storm will pass and when it does if you
are still standing you will be stronger
for it don't quit you are already
hurting why stop now
you have already come this far why give
in when it gets hard
why don't say why me say try me it's not
always going to be easy there going to
be challenges there still going to be
the curve balls thrown at me but I can't
become introverted I have to continue to
get outside myself because when you're
uncomfortable that's the only way you're
going to grow you're so busy in the
minutia and the the clutter that you're
running through your life with your head
down and it was the first man to sit and
evaluate and that process within itself
is rewarding peaceful to my soul of my
spirit but still still drives me because
I still know I have such a long way to
go and I have to continue the process
and never stop you want the hard times
you want the pain you want resistance
because if there is resistance you are
growing you are developing stop wishing
it was easier which you were better as
I'm walking onto the court who do I see
I see Kobe Bryant already working out
okay it's kind of cool it's Kobe stop
Kobe you know and uh you know so I put
my sneakers on and you ever get lost in
what you do where you end up it's been
an hour and a half I'm just I'm here I'm
in it so once I set my foot across that
line I started working out and so I
worked out for a good hour I don't a
half and when I came off after I was
done I sat down and of course I still
heard the ball bounce I look down like
this guy's right now he was working out
like it looks like he was in the dead
sweat when I got here and he's still
going and it's not like his moves are
nonchalant lazy he's doing like game
moves you know I sit there and I unleash
my shoes in my corner see how long this
goes there watch another 25 minutes and
he got done okay I think I've seen
enough
go play you know come back get in the
sauna and get ready for the game that
game he drops 40 on us okay and after
the game is over I'm like I have to ask
this guy guy I have to understand like
why why he works like that right so
after games I'm like hey Kobe like why
were you in the gym for so long he's
like cuz I saw you come in and I don't
want you to know that it doesn't matter
how hard you work that I'm willing to
work harder than you Wow and he's like
this and don't hold there's there's
nothing wrong with that like I'm not
saying I dislike you as a person you
just you inspire me to be better and it
was the first time I started to see this
level of competitiveness I said I need
to start doing more Wow
if you think you are the only guy doing
an extra hour after practice you are
wrong when you are doing an extra hour
there is a guy doing an extra two hours
think beyond your team it is easy to be
a big fish in a small pond it is time to
think outside of your circle and compete
with the best of the best
compete with the guys who are getting
more work than you you can convince
yourself you work hard when you compare
yourself to someone in class or someone
on the team or
brother or your sister but how does your
work ethic look when you compare
yourself to a Kobe Bryant or a Michael
Shore