Steph Curry explains process in his MasterClass. Curry is one of the greatest shooters of all-time, a four-time NBA champion. He was not heavily recruited out of high school. But he persisted.
Find ways to apply his experience, if excellence is important for you.
"Being great in competition means relentlessly focusing on the small things."
"You have to get in the gym with a ball in your hands and work on your mechanics every day."
"Don't listen to what anyone says you can't do."
"You can impact people by how you approach your every day."
"How I approach basketball is how I approach everything in life."
"Coach invested in not only the basketball player but the human being...taught me...to be a leader, a man of character and value."
"How you treat your family, the decisions you make on a daily basis that people don't see, all those things make up the character of who you are."
"What makes me a great basketball player I hope would make me a great human being."
"Your state of mind is the main driving force behind your successes and your failures."
"The ones that can sustain it...and push themselves to new levels... internalize that drive."
"Your mental state...is extremely important...to staying in the moment. That's the only thing that you can control."
"I train my mind...meditation...float tanks...yoga...block out the noise as best I can."
"My family are always my voices of reason."
"Find people who are better than you."
"Seeing (NBA guys work out) that firsthand was something that changed my approach."
"What do you do with that advice and that knowledge?"