Short monologue from a YouTube video in which the speaker (Cooper Kupp) reflects on pursuing an NFL career. He emphasizes enjoying the daily process—despite sacrifice and hardship—and warns that fixating solely on a destination can lead to disappointment by overlooking the journey.
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Process, right. As all this stuff. I had this dream to play in the NFL and I. And I. I was lucky enough to be able to, like, get to that place. But even if all that stuff, like, if that it didn't work out, I enjoyed the process of that every day. There was sacrifice. It was really hard, but I enjoyed every day. Like, there's. There's very few days that we spent here that I've woken up and not been excited about the day. You know, what I get the opportunity to do. When I was in high school, when I was in college, whenever I was excited about being able to go and attack something, to go after it with everything I got. And you know, there's. I think when the, when your goal is the destination, that can be a really hard thing, right? Yeah. You want something badly enough and you're stuck on this. That is the thing that is going to give me the fulfillment, is that thing. Right. That I want. And you forget all about the journey to get there, all about the process it took to get to that place. You are setting yourself up for failure.