I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.
Michael JordanRead
Focus like a laser, not a flashlight
Interpretation
Stay concentrated and committed to your goals with precision and intensity.
This quote by Michael Jordan emphasizes the importance of focus and concentration in achieving success. Unlike a flashlight that provides a broad but weak beam of light, a laser is focused, powerful, and precise, suggesting that to achieve your goals, you must direct your energy and attention narrowly and intensely.
In practice
This quote can be used in a motivational speech to inspire athletes before a competition.
I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.
There are no shortcuts. I approached practices the same way I approached games. You can't turn it on and off like a faucet. I couldn't dog it during practice and then, when I needed that extra push late in the game, expect it to be there. Very few people get anywhere by taking shortcuts.
Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Don't be like me. Be better than me. That's the goal.
Success isn't something you chase. It's something you have to put forth the effort for constantly. Then maybe it'll come when you least expect it. Most people don't understand that.
Doing your own thing is a generous act. Being gifted creates obligations, which means you owe the world your best effort at the work you love. You too are a natural resource.
The man who wins, is the man who thinks he can.
It's my experience that people rise to the level of their own expectations and of the competition they seek out.
If you've got the platform and the ability to make a difference, then this goes beyond 'should' and reaches the level of 'must.' You must make a difference or you squander the opportunity. Wasting the opportunity both degrades your own ability to contribute and, more urgently, takes something away from the rest of us.
Just because Fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.
The only path to amazing runs directly through not-yet-amazing
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