Professionals show up even when they don't feel like it. Motivation comes and goes, but discipline makes you perform anyway, whether you're on the court, at work, or with customers. That's what separates pros from amateurs.
And when people ask me, CJ, Dre, what's the number one trait or number one thing that has helped you become what you became in whatever we're talking on the court, off the court, anything, answer is discipline. Easily. Number one, discipline is what separates the pros from the amateurs. Because when you're a professional at what you do, there's going to be days that you don't feel like doing it. There'll be days you don't feel like going to work. You don't feel like dealing with your customers or your coworkers or whatever you're responsible for. There will be days you don't feel like doing it. Guaranteed. I don't care how glamorous your job looks from the outside looking in.