I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.
Michael JordanRead
Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.
Interpretation
Limits and fears are often self-imposed and not based in reality.
Michael Jordan's quote emphasizes that the boundaries we perceive in our abilities and the fears that hold us back are frequently artificial constructs of our own minds. By recognizing that these limitations can be illusions, we empower ourselves to overcome challenges and reach our true potential.
In practice
During a motivational speech about overcoming personal obstacles.
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.
Battling racism and battling heterosexism and battling apartheid share the same urgency inside me as battling cancer.
It was rough being dark. I got heat from my own people more than anyone else. I remember going to my mom and saying, 'Why am I so black?' And she said, 'Because I'm black. You just gotta always work harder than the average bear.'
When you come from a background like mine, where you're entering worlds that are so different than your own, you have to be afraid.
By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.
Everyday courage has few witnesses. But yours is no less noble because no drum beats for you and no crowds shout your name.
I was really embarrassed. And I asked why they took my picture when I was in such agony, and I'm the girl, in the moment that I was naked, burning, hopeless, crying - so ugly. And I asked why they took my picture at that that moment? I didn't like it at all.
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