But I listened to what Jim Bob Arnold said 21 years ago.
The most poignant 7 words ever uttered in any speech anywhere
Don't give up
Don't ever give up
Those great people didn't
So, I now have a responsibility to also not ever give up
I'm not special, I just listened to what the man said
I'm gonna tell you there are some times in life
where you fall down
and you feel like you don't have the strength to get back up
I will try 100 times to get up
and if I fail 100 times
If I fail and I give up, do you think that I'm ever gonna get up?
No
But if I fail and I try again
and again and again
For as long as I try, there's always that chance of getting up
No matter what you might be doing you don't quit
The secret is in not giving up
Everybody who does something great
They were neck deep
what they had was resilience
they had the ability to bounce back
all the greats, they didn't quit
no matter how impossible their situation might seem
stay on course
I guarantee you cannot pass it if you quit
I guarantee you're gonna fail but you don't know what's gonna happen if you keep going
I'm fragile
I feel pain
I hurt
I open my eyes
I crave victory
I do not give up
I feel no fear
I fear no man
I create
I conquer
I hold the power
Make a choice
just decide
what is gonna be, who you're gonna be, how you're gonna do it
just decide
And then from that point
the universe is gonna get out of your way
We can't have another bad year
You've gotta get to the point where enough is enough
It's much easier to come up with excuses
And why you can't do it
If you do what is easy
Your life will be hard
If you do what is easy
Complain about your situation, your circumanstances
You surrender and give up on your dreams
Become depressed, and bitter, and angry
Anybody can do that, if you do what is easy, your life will be hard!
But if you do what is hard
Keep coming back again and again and again
Get up, dressed every day
Take life on!
Taking life by the collar
You say yes!
I will do it!
I can do this!
And you've said to yourself I'm willing to face the no's
I'm willing for people to laugh at me
I'm willing to gut this out
I'm willing to make this happen
It's my time
It's possible
It's necessary, it's hard, it's worth it!
I'm gonna do whatever it takes
I can do it, if anybody's ever done it at any point in time in history, then what's possible for one
it's possible for me
and I'm gonna do it
and if you do that, over and over and over again
Your life will be easy
Tomorrow's going to be your first day
If you'd like to work here as a broker
Would you like that, Chris?
Yes sir
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