If you play football, there's going to be a 100 percent injury rate. Something is going to be bothering you. So I just try to focus on the things that I can do to help my team.
Interpretation
Injuries are a given in football, but focusing on what you can control helps you contribute to your team.
Larry Fitzgerald emphasizes the inevitability of injury in football, suggesting that rather than dwelling on setbacks, players should concentrate on their contributions to the team's success. This perspective encourages resilience and a proactive attitude, highlighting the importance of focusing on personal strengths and efforts, even in the face of challenges.
In practice
In a motivational speech to a sports team about overcoming challenges.
You can never let anything distract you from your main objective. My only goal is to be great. That's all I want. That's all I ever aspire to be. Greatness is something nobody can ever take away from you, no matter what happens. So I put all my energy and focus into my craft.
The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
Why give up before we try Feel the lows before the highs Clip our wings before we fly away I can't say I came prepared I'm suspended in the air Won't you come be in the sky with me
At some point in life's journey, professionally and personally, we have to be able to trust our preparation.
Ten years ago, if you asked me where I'd be now, I'd have said F-ing dead. But I'm not dead. I have an awesome life. And I'm just very grateful. That's the one thing I try to convey. Gratitude.
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