Sometimes people make it seem like you have to have certain prerequisites or a crazy life story in order to be successful in this world. But the truth is you really don't.
Interpretation
Success isn't defined by a specific background or story; anyone can achieve it.
In this quote, Stephen Curry emphasizes that societal beliefs often suggest that one must come from a particular background or have an extraordinary journey to attain success. However, he reassures us that success is accessible to anyone, regardless of their starting point or experiences, fostering a more inclusive understanding of achievement.
In practice
This quote can inspire students at a graduation ceremony to believe in their potential.
I want to thank God, obviously for the health, for the talent He's given me, for my family who supports me, for the things that basketball's taught me on and off the court. For the people that I've been able to meet through the game of basketball.
You have so much fun playing games. We all love basketball, so we never want the season to end, 'cause then it's five months of sitting around and watching the playoffs.
I try to make it look easy, but the behind-the-scenes stuff is the challenge.
I have fun out there on the court, smiling, laughing, trying to have good demeanor.
It's really annoying for me. That's not what I'm playing for, to be the face of the NBA or to be this or that or to take LeBron's throne or whatever.
I just feel so much more comfortable and confident every game I play.
The #1 guideline to success is you must be in business for yourself. When you work for someone else, you sell your time at wholesale to your employer, who then re-sells it at retail to the customer.
We're worn into grooves by Time - by our habits. In the end, these grooves are going to show whether we've been second-rate or champions, each in his way, in dispatching the affairs of every day. By choosing our habits, we determine the grooves into which Time will wear us; and these are grooves that enrich our lives and make for ease of mind, peace, happiness - achievement.
Long-term success requires faith-faith that your efforts to plan and execute the process will lead to the desired outcome.
Fortune may have yet a better success in reserve for you and they who lose today may win tomorrow.
Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.
Eight years of work can be copied in six months. It wasn't inevitable that it was going to work. A stolen design is stolen time.
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