LIFE WILL HIT YOU

We all get knocked down in every aspect of life. You're gonna fall flat on your face, you're gonna be criticized when you come out into the arena called life. You're gonna feel awkward and stupid and dumb sometimes. But it's okay. It goes with the territory. You got to get messed up sometimes. You gotta get dirty, you gotta get your feelings hurt, you gotta get disappointed, you gotta get told no, you gonna ask somebody for some money, he gonna tell you no. That's just dirt. See, you get tripped out 'cause you got dirt on you. But you need dirt on you to develop. Because dirt ain't just dirt. Dirt is fertilizer. Dirt is nutrients.

Dirt gives you the strength for your seed to push through. See, you gotta have dirt on you to push through something. Everything you see that's beautiful starts out as a seed, but that seed got to get dirt on it. See, you get mad when haters come your way, you get mad 'cause you get a setback, you get mad 'cause you get thrown off course, you get mad 'cause you get a detour. That's just dirt. You get mad 'cause they talking about you. That's dirt. You get mad 'cause you lost your mama. That's dirt. But show me something that has grown into something beautiful that didn't have no dirt on it. You got to have dirt on you to grow into what god got for you. And maybe you've been knocked down in your life and it seems like hey, the fight is over, it is not over unless you quit. You have to learn to turn and look at every obstacle as an opportunity. You gotta get gritty man. You gotta develop some dog in you. Life is gonna throw some serious blows, some body blows, and they're gonna hurt. But I want you to feel that pain going through your body, and as pain leaves your body, guess what's gonna take it's place? Success. No pain, no gain. Pain has a purpose. Don't go through it, Grow through it. Stop running from your pain and embrace your pain. Your pain is going to be a part of your prize. I challenge you to push yourself. And when you get to the point where enough is enough, when you get to the point where it hurt real bad, when you get to the point you can't take it no more, when you get to that point, doors start opening, opportunities start happening. But what you cannot do is you cannot quit during the process. You cannot give up because it ain't what you see, you cannot give up. Champions keep going when they don't have anything left in their tank.

When they don't have no more, when it's over, when they're tired, when they're frustrated, when they're ready to give up, when they've spent their last dime, that's when they get started. It's when you have nothing left, it's when you've depleted all your money, when all your energy gone, when you have nothing left, that's when it's showtime. When you find a way out of no way, when you find breath that you don't have, when you find energy that did not exist, when you want this thing as bad as you wanna breathe, that's when you find a way. I wish I could tell you it's gonna get easier. I wish I could tell you that if you just keep going the weight is gonna get lighter. I wish I could tell you that, but that's not the truth. The truth is you gotta find something within. You gotta find something within. And that's gotta push you, and that's gotta elevate you, and that's gotta drive you, and that's gotta move you. And when you find out what your why is, you don't hit snooze no more, when you find your why you find a way to make it happen. I challenge you to never give up. Never give up. You're gonna be here one day, but you'll never get here if you give up, if you give in, if you quit, and finally guys, you gotta wanna succeed as bad as you wanna breathe.