I'm firmly of the belief that your youth should be spent pursuing your passion - not just slightly, tremulously, haltingly, but unrelentingly, with a vengeance, to the max and then beyond. So dream laughably big - and then take an absurdly huge risk or two.
Interpretation
Chase your passions fervently during your youth and embrace big dreams and risks.
This quote emphasizes the importance of using one's youth to boldly pursue passions and dreams, rather than approaching them hesitantly. It encourages individuals to dream big and take significant risks, advocating for a life lived fully and without fear of failure, as youth is the ideal time to explore one's ambitions intensely.
In practice
During a graduation speech to inspire young graduates to follow their dreams.
Follow your passion, we’re often told. But how do you find your passion? Let me put it another way: what is it that breaks your heart about the world? It’s there that you begin to find what moves you. If you want to find your passion, surrender to your heartbreak. Your heartbreak points towards a truer north — and it’s the difficult journey towards it that is, in the truest sense, no mere passing idyllic infatuation, but enduring, tempestuous passion.
I've often thought that when something is hard for you, whether it's going to law school or anything else that challenges you, that's probably what you should do.
One of the major reasons why people are not doing well is because they keep trying to get through the day. A more worthy challenge is to try to get from the day.
I'd made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race.
For many young people growing up in minority communities, there is a sense that their lives are disposable. As athletes, we have a platform to let those kids know that their lives are important. That their lives matter to us.
Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
Be bold, brave and not afraid to fall on your face and ultimately you will succeed
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