I will stand up for what I believe in I will never give up no matter how hard it is because I believe in myself in spite of my obstacles in spite of my weaknesses stop making excuses take control of your situation and Rise To Your Potential cuz that's how I do life my butt is up early I show up on time I do what I say I DT my eyes I cross my teeth man up get it done boom no nobody can destroy you if you won't let them don't let them you are a man stand up and be a man man up stop crying the decisions you make right now is up to you you crying about something that happened to you when you was a kid you ain't even no kid no more you a grown man take full ownership the stupid stuff you doing your parents didn't make you play no video games and what you crying about so what your daddy wasn't there what you crying about you ain't 10 no more man up so I had to learn to man up very quickly and I think that was an edge because I had to learn how to make money I had to learn how to make friends I had to learn how to fight I had to learn how to defend myself I had to learn how to defend my family when our back's against the wall you have the instinct to want to protect your family you see all the instincts are in here it's pulling those instincts out and sometimes to pull out the right instincts require some travesty or crisis or challenges to go through so human up get up and get on it because the weak will struggle success is reserved for those that are the strongest and so every time I would need to pull the trigger on something and there was resistance and reluctance those five words it's time to man up and then I would do it and you need to have the courage to follow through quit half-assing yourself every time I'm risen the standards people have made me feel guilty that maybe I'm raising it too high maybe I'm too tough on my guides maybe I'm too edgy and I expect everybody to step up and man up and woman up maybe I'm a little too demanding maybe I shouldn't raise my standards to this level don't let them confuse you you keep raising a standard and guess what I had to get up even though it was hard and I had to take ownership of my life take ownership of my take ownership of my day sometimes man we really got to teach oursel how to be a man along that journey we'll bump our head and then learn a lesson you know dig deep and do what you have to do it's time to man up and become a man my number one competition is me it's always you versus you you have to work hard everybody in this room knows if it's worth something to you you got to put in the effort and I always like to say it's the work we put in when nobody's watching that really matters you versus you you got to be the one to get up every morning be disciplined put in the consistent daily hard work because that gains success cuz my old man taught me that right got to work get your ass in the gym and work how hard do I work I I work hard you have a insane schedule 4:00 in the morning I wake up 4:30 4:45 I'm doing some sort of cardio it's still dark outside I do this and then I'll have breakfast and then I will go gym for about an hour and then I'll go to set like I'm going to be the baddest mother walking you got to be the hardest workers in the room and don't the opportunity up what I have found is that when you take that kind of action and that kind of Step of following your gut and your intuition taking that step whatever it is Universe has a funny way of meeting you halfway realize there's more and think more think for more you don't have to be just this man the work ethic the drive that hunger to compete it never goes away the person I compete with most is just me it's you versus you it's time to stay focused it's time to decide clubs partying trying to fit in and socialize rub elbows with everybody so people can stop calling you weird why are you so antisocial because I'm trying to get it why are you staying on the basketball court so much because I'm trying to get it why are you out there practicing in the hot son when ain't nobody else out there because I'm trying to get it why are you not clubbing like every time I text you and invite you to go do something fun and cool you always studying because I'm trying to get it I'm just thinking how fun is where I'm going to be tomorrow morning and my competition still drinking down their fears and their you know trying to escape their current reality you know Friday night partying so they're going go out there and party it up and everything else you find some relief to the stressful life they live in that's a bull temporary relief I'm working tonight for a permanent relief that's why I laugh I laugh on how much further I'm getting ahead of that mental toughness isn't something that you sample it's something that you live in every day so when something hard would happen to these kids like in hell week it would draw on something that made them very insecure and they look for Comfort whenever hardness comes and you don't know what it is it may be different for you than this for me but you go back to your insecurities and then when you go back to insecurities you then look for Comfort within those insecurities and we all look for that cookie that your mom used to give you when you were sad when you were sick we look for our wife or our husband we look for Comfort it's in those moments you must retrain your mind to think differently what if I told you this was the last Monday morning of your life how do you stay driven I'm going to ask you a question how don't you stay driven well let me get this right you won the lotto of the universe which is you are a human being on Earth and you're not driven and you're not fired up and you're not going for it and you're willing to sit like a lump and just wait till you die you suck it gets harder for anybody that's living and breathing so no matter what you do you got to keep moving forward strong in the trenches you don't know where you're going you're lost you know what I mean you have no Direction so for me I feel like both of them together when when you really when you have the vision and you're able to manifest but then you also put the work in Magic happens man magic that's where the magic is but a lot of people never get there unfortunately a lot of people we're blessed that we can dream right I got to get stronger I got to train differently the weight training program that I'm doing I got to tailor it for an 82 Game season so that when the playoffs come around my legs are stronger and that ball gets there so I look at it with rationale and say okay well the reason why I shot air ball cuz my legs aren't there I well next year they'll be there that was it done done come on where are your values behind the scenes what do your hambers look like behind the scenes come on what kind of work are you putting in behind the scenes come on drop down to give me 50 come on write it again come on believe it again come on sing again record the song again come on I'm talking to that athlete I'm talking to that musician come on who are you out there when you are committed you give everything everything you have every single day you are either losing ground or gaining ground the choice is yours this time make it personal can I ask you a question are you that person who sits there on the couch for hours just scrolling through social media are you that person at work you just looking at the clock and you can't stand and your boss are you that person that's always making excuses and always justifying and you're expecting this big life you're expecting big money you're expecting to go to that next level and everybody's fault were yours you talking about your mama you're talking about your daddy you're talking about your neighborhood and how you grew up you had all these excuses to justify exactly where you are I'm talking to you right now is that you you could have changed you could have transformed your body you could have bettered your relationship you could have changed your career you ch shows the life you're living right now my question to you is are you going to choose to do it again for another year are you going to take action or are you going to waste another 365 days it means staying dedicated to your mental because you know that when you have the mental fortitude nothing will break you this year is your year and I need you to eliminate any doubt I need you to eliminate any fear and go get it Focus lock in in your life stop being a spectator and start being a participant woo stop being a spectator in other folks life and start being a participant in your life stop being a social media groupy being a spectator in everybody else's life and become a participant in your life by doing two things trust me read a book once a week and that's a that could be a powerful transformational go and get a certification go back to school man get smarter get brighter become an expert you choose the two things you need to do you probably already know but if you can do these two things consistently my friend and lock in this next year is your year it doesn't matter if you feel like it it doesn't matter if you enjoy the task or not if you want the results show up and do the [Music] work the only thing you have ahead of you is a bunch of blank pages your story is still waiting to be written the best part of that you are holding the pen so get writing and get doing get building it's never too late to start creating the life you always wanted are you ready to stop procrastinating to let go of self-doubt and push through rumination are you ready to move through every Challenge and become the person you were always meant to be and once you create this mental fortitude you'll find out that you're capable of anything that you want to achieve my friend to push past that diagnosis to make it through school to push past and pursue your business despite what anybody has to say stop waiting on outside forces external forces to write your script to write your narrative no that is up to you what you don't change you choose so if you are going into 2025 and you don't like your body and you don't do anything to change it you are choosing to live there if you're going going into 2025 and you don't like your relationship you don't feel fulfilled loved and happy and you don't change it you are choosing to stay there if every day you dread going into work because you hate what you do and you want to pursue a different passion but you don't change it you are choosing it and the beautiful thing is that you have all the power within you you don't need me you don't need anybody else to tell you what you're capable of you just need you like in Focus if you keep talking and never doing you're going to get exactly what you got each and every year before nothing if your if ain't strong enough you'll never get to your then lock in you can get anything you want no breakdowns only breakthroughs keep pushing keep grinding keep striving and you will see where your life takes you Heights you never thought you would reach places you never thought you would go your bank account on extra large your life on inner peace your life on Serenity your life on get up get out and get after [Music] it this is a great year to win lock in stop wasting your time being a spectator in somebody else's life and start becoming a participant in your own life by having good habits and good rituals and simply doing the two powerful things that could be transformational for you cuz I know this is your year the life you want isn't out there somewhere it's here it's in your power to create it you need to understand what you don't change you choose are you going to yell at that morning person that makes you sleep in every day and say it's time to change are you going to go into your work with a different mentality to get that raise or get out of that situation and start your own business are you going to step up or you going to fall down right now you are faced with a choice change or remain the same you see my friend there's no such thing as negative selft talk when it comes to mental fortitude because all you think is finishing all you think about is persevering through all you think about is achieving what they say you won't achieve my friend because you created that wire you created that mental toughness within yourself and it won't break you nothing will break you all gas no breaks that's the way you live your life maximum effort maximum heart maximum Soul if you want to blow up then you got to do two things you choose the two things but trust me two things can be powerful one thing might be some new friends one thing might be getting up early one thing might be working out get your mind right one thing might be reading books you decide your two things start believing in you so you can go into 2025 with an elevated mentality so you can go into 2025 with a driven mindset do what you need to do on a daily basis a matter of fact do what you need to do the night before to make sure you get up when you say you going to get up and you do the things that you say you're going to do absolutely no excuses this is your year this is your time this is your moment I just need you to own [Music] it this next year is your year all you got to do is lock [Music] in you see it comes a time in every individual's life when they have to change their mindset they got to change their work ethic and what I want to talk to you ladies and gentlemen today is the topic of the 4 a. m. mentality you see when I was in the shelter homeless I realize the only way that I can make it in this life is if I get up and work while they [Music] play grind while they can play and then I heard a whisp it was a whisper for some of the greatest voices I've ever heard so it started off 4:00 in the morning I work out twice before everyone wakes up yeah sometime a Fell's will is stronger than the man who's actually better physically and the determination and weakens the other man just to see him so determined when I get to a point where I feel I can't improve as a player I walk away from the C what you do now and what you decide now at this age May well determine which way your life shall go you see life's a journey and sometimes we got to get up before the sun to make it happen I ain't no fancy speaker or nothing but I've been around the block and I've learned a thing or two about making a commitment to myself you ever heard that quote the early bird catches the word yeah it might sound cliche but there's truth in these words it's about getting ahead of the game being one step ahead of your own doubts and fears yeah you you see I grew up in these streets I didn't have much of anything but I learned that to make a change in life you got to start with you you got to start today start getting up at 4:00 a.
m. and prove them haters [Music] wrong it's quiet the world hasn't woken up yet and that's your time ain't no distractions no noise just you you and your thoughts it's the perfect time to set goals make plans and remind yourself of what you're fighting for you see the only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it think about that sometimes we in our own way sometimes we allow our enemies to stop us from going after everything we want in this life we let our childhood traumas take us away from who we truly supposed to be but not today today we going to wake up while they sleep today we're going to reach for the dream where they said we couldn't reach them today we're going to climb a bigger mountain and we're going to do it on time 4:00 a. m.
in the morning baby that's when the Sharks hit the [Music] ocean that's when the wolves climb the mountain that's when greatness screams to the world give me more give me more opposition give me more pain because that's the stuff that turns us into Champions you see when Michael Jordan used to step out on that Court he never thought about how long the game would last he only thought about it for we but he was upgr ring early in the morning before the competition ended the gym and that's what it's going to take for you to develop this for him mentality for you to turn yourself into a giant and you'll know when you're a giant because when a giant stands all he can see is more DS develop it take it in make it a part of your DNA 4 a. m.
