Les Brown talks about mastering something you love and committing to greatness. He references Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal, and Dr. J. Julius Irving as examples of people who invested in themselves to reach the top of their craft.
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I want everyone to not only invest the time and energy to master something you love and to invest in yourself, but it's very important that you commit yourself to greatness. Socrates said, the uncommitted life isn't worth Living. When Dr. J. Julius Irving was playing basketball and someone asked him because he was very dominant. He was the Michael Jordan of his day, and Michael Jordan was inspired by him. And Shaquille o' Neal saw him when he was going in and out of juvenile detention center. And he saw Dr. J. He said, I want to do that because of how people responded. They asked him, how could you become more dominant in this area where you are right now? And he said, I demand more of myself than anyone can ever imagine.