Self confidence.
Spoken by Ray Lewis, Les Brown, TD Jakes.
Music: See What I’ve Become by Zack Hemsey.
You're gonna have a lot of
things come against you.
You're gonna have people
that tell you to stop
You're gonna have challenges
that tell you to stop
And you're gonna feel like
giving up every damn day.
Because you'll feel like life is beating you
over and over.
Legends aren't defined by their successes.
They're defined by how they bounce Back from their failures.
The highs I've experienced
They were only possible
by how I bounced back from the lows.
From those moments when I
wondered if it was worth it.
Or if I was wasting my time.
Or if I was good enough.
People gonna think you're crazy.
And sometimes you're gonna think you're crazy.
You're gonna question yourself.
It takes guts, ladies and gentlemen
To go through that
people used to laugh at me in detroit
When I was sleeping on the floor
of my office in the penobscot building.
It was rough, ladies and gentlemen
it was not easy.
When I was laying on the floor
looking out of the window
When I was questioning myself
les, can you do this?
I was questioning myself.
When you have a dream
The one thing you have to watch out for
are those out there that will Try to crush your dream.
And you cannot allow that to happen.
That is your biggest challenge.
It's necessary ladies and gentlemen
That you look at the people in your life.
Who do you have yourself surrounded with?
It's necessary ladies and gentlemen
that you get the energy drainers Out of your life.
The dream busters.
Get them out of your life.
They will deplete your energy.
They're gonna laugh at you.
You got to stop looking to others for support
And look inside yourself.
The lion
In you
never retreats.
Imagine us
taking the lion approach to life.
I ain't backing up.
A lion don't walk backwards for nothing.
You gotta tell yourself
I can do this.
You are more powerful than you realize.
You're stronger than you think you are.
You can survive more than you think you can.
You're more capable
Than you can possibly
imagine.
It was necessary
that I face a lot of rejection
A lot of laughter
a lot of no's in order to get here
To enjoy
the level of success.
It was necessary
that I faced that
And I'm saying to you
when you are facing those Rejections day-in and day-out
don't say
I had a bad day today
say, I had a character building day.
We can be active participants
in our being here
Or
we can be victims.
Before anything can take place
you've got to believe
In your heart of hearts
that it's possible
That you can be this.
And this is when your mind has to f*cking change.
You gotta start thinking
I'm the grittiest motherf*cker in the world.
You gotta start armoring your mind.
Start preparing yourself
For what's out here in life.
Build confidence.
Build self esteem.
The hardest thing in the world
Is to believe in you.
To believe you're special.
To believe you're different.
To believe you're supposed to be somebody.
The hardest thing in the world
is in spite of all your fears
All your worries
all your doubt
All your feelings of inadequacy
is to believe in yourself one more time.
To pick yourself up off the mat
one more time.
Anybody can believe
when the struggle is over.
But I wanna talk to some people
who are in the middle of the struggle
And you still believe.
I know you're tired.
I know your arms are aching.
I know your mind is frustrated.
I know you feel like it's not fair.
I know you feel like throwing up your hands
And you're depressed
and you lost loved ones
And you've been through heart aches
and it's not the best time of your life
All hell might be breaking loose in your life
but tell them I can do it.
If it don't happen
I can do it.
If you don't love me
I can do it.
If you don't want me
I can do it.
If you leave me
I can do it.
If you betray me
I can do it.
You got to talk to yourself.
Sometimes healing takes place first
In the spirit.
You got to tell yourself
I can do this.
I got what it takes.
I will not be defeated.
Wouldn't it be amazing if you believed that?
Wouldn't you sleep good tonight
if you believed that?
Wouldn't you walk around with your
head up and your back straight
If you believed that?
You Wouldn't be intimidated
by anybody
Anywhere
at anytime
If you just believed that.
So you've got to decide
You've got to say
it's possible that I can beat this.
It's necessary that I do this.
You've got to mobilize your mind and your spirit.
That I can find a solution.
I'm not through yet.
I've got some purpose that I've got to fulfill.
I've got some work
I have an assignment
that's incomplete.
I'm not through yet.
I'm not going out like this.
I'm going to fight.
And it's necessary
That you take charge.
That you begin to stand up inside of yourself.
That you dry your tears and
you're not given the luxury of feeling Sorry for yourself.
That you get busy.
You start doing research and asking questions.
That you got to get in a fighting mode.
You can't surrender.
You can't be a chump.
You got to fight back.
You got to stand up and start saying
Wait a minute, what is I need to do?
You got to make yourself move, even if it hurts.
Your belief must be so strong
that when people doubt you
Ridicule you
and come against you
It's nothing but a minor inconvenience.
You've gotta really do the prayer
Meditation
journaling
Affirmation
declarations
And be around people
who really don't care that much
About what people think of them.
Everyone has an opinion.
Why let the opinions of other people
deny you
From a life that will make history?
Your belief
Your faith
your drive
Your determination
your persistence
Your perseverance
your spirit
Greater is he that is in you
than what's out here in this world.