I’m gonna look you in the eyes, and I’m gonna tell you the future. You were cut from your high school basketball team. You willed your way to the NBA. You’re gonna win championships. It’s an American story, and that’s why Americans are gonna love it. People are gonna build you up. God, are they going to. Because when you’re great and new, we love you. Man, we’ll build you into something that doesn’t even exist. You’re gonna change the f***ing world. But you know what? Once they’ve built you as high as they possibly can, they’re gonna tear you back down. It’s the most predictable pattern. We build you into something that doesn’t exist, and that means you have to try to be that thing. All day, every day. That’s how it works. And we do it again and again and again. And I’m gonna tell you the truth. You’re gonna be attacked, betrayed, exposed and humiliated. And you’ll survive that. A lot of people can climb that mountain. It’s the way down that breaks them. Because that’s the moment when you are truly alone.
