Lebron in the Arena 🏀🏀

and what drives him in the game

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Q: What drives Lebron so much that he writes its title on his sneakers before each game?

A: The Man in the Arena by Teddy Roosevelt.

The Man in the Arena was part of  famous speech that former Theodore Roosevelt delivered back in 1910, with the title Citizenship In A Republic. It talks about giving credit to someone who continues to work hard to improve himself, and not minding his critics. It’s also about striving to do good deeds to make a difference, and not just remain as a person who has not contributed to a great cause.

Below is an excerpt. It’s Monday morning. Let it inspire you to go out and be great.

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

Remember: “Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter.”