WEBVTT - The Competition Within

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<v Speaker 1>I See's Daily Game. It's a production of iHeartRadio. What's

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<v Speaker 1>Up to SiZ team. You're listening to The Daily Game,

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<v Speaker 1>the compilation of motivational quotes I've collected over the years

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<v Speaker 1>that I've found inspiring and helped me through the game

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<v Speaker 1>of life. Today's quote is something I keep in mind

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<v Speaker 1>to stay motivated and focused. I've never been competitive. I

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<v Speaker 1>only set out to outdo myself. I think the most

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<v Speaker 1>competitive part of my life was probably when I was

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<v Speaker 1>in high school. You know, I was in gymnastics. You

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<v Speaker 1>know that's competitive. You're trying to outdo somebody. You know

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<v Speaker 1>too harder moves than other people. When I got into rap,

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<v Speaker 1>you have battle rap where you're trying to out wrap

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<v Speaker 1>other people. But truly, personally, I learned that competing with

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<v Speaker 1>people can send you down a very dark road. We

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<v Speaker 1>always said, you know, oh, if everybody you knew was

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<v Speaker 1>in a room and all of them through their problems

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<v Speaker 1>in the air, I bet you'd reach for yours on

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<v Speaker 1>the way down, meaning I know who I am, but

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what problems you have. The guy that

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<v Speaker 1>just passed me in the hood and the new roles,

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<v Speaker 1>I can't compete with him. Because I don't know what's

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<v Speaker 1>really going on in his life. He might have a

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<v Speaker 1>body in the trunk. I know what I'm doing. So

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<v Speaker 1>once you get into this mode of competing with yourself,

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<v Speaker 1>now you really can grow. I'll also say that life's

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<v Speaker 1>kind of like go to the gym. You go to

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<v Speaker 1>the gym, you look to the right, there will always

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<v Speaker 1>be someone in better shape than you. But if you

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<v Speaker 1>look to your left, there will be someone who would

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<v Speaker 1>die to be in your shape. So guess what You're

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<v Speaker 1>where you should be, and you just have to outdo yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>If you can do ten pushups tomorrow, you want to

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<v Speaker 1>do fifteen. If you can do fifteen in a week,

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<v Speaker 1>you want to be able to do twenty five. Then

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<v Speaker 1>you move up to fifty. If you compete with yourself,

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<v Speaker 1>if you set your own goals, you will advance way

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<v Speaker 1>faster than if you're looking at somebody trying to parlay

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<v Speaker 1>off of them. I had this one cat run up

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<v Speaker 1>to me the other day. While it goes tell me

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<v Speaker 1>you're wis tea. You know you ain't doctor Dre, and

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<v Speaker 1>doctor Dre made a billion dollars on Dre beats. You

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<v Speaker 1>ain't doctor. I'm like, well, you ain't Ice Tea, Like,

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<v Speaker 1>what the fuck you worry about me being dre. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not worried about being dre. I'm trying to be ice.

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<v Speaker 1>So use yourself. Compete with the person in the mirror.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a waste of time competing with other people. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a waste of time. Unless you're in some competitive sport,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a waste of time. Just out do yesterday. Out

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<v Speaker 1>do yourself yesterday, you know, like the Buddhists say, grow

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<v Speaker 1>like the tree silently just grows and it's gonna grow

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<v Speaker 1>longer and forever. And you look around at Preece bigger

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<v Speaker 1>and bigger and bigger. It doesn't make any noise. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not competing with anybody else, but it's just growing. It's

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<v Speaker 1>keep growing, you know, don't be competitive. Being competitive will

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<v Speaker 1>just have you in a negative space, a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>waste of energy where you could just concentrate on outdoing yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>This has been another ice code fact from me Iced Tea.

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<v Speaker 1>Listening again tomorrow when I drop some wisdom on your

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<v Speaker 1>ass till then, stay safe, stay smart, and stay stronger

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