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You play the cards you’re dealt.
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- And so he pulled me aside and he said, do you think Shaq at 7'1 was like, well, I don't want to play basketball because it's not fair that I'm this tall and other people aren't.
- You don't resent yourself and you certainly don't feel guilty for the pocket aces you got if you got them.
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0:00My dad's successful doctor. He wanted me to be a physician. I didn't want to be a physician because I didn't want my success to always be overshadowed by him. And so everybody be like, you're only successful cuz your dad gave you whatever you had. And so he pulled me aside and he said, do you think Shaq at 7'1 was like, well, I don't want to play basketball because it's not fair that I'm this tall and other people aren't. Like of course there's luck. The more I stay in this, the more I feel like I have so much luck that I already had.
0:25Like I was born in America. I was born as a guy. I have good genetics. Two parents who have graduate level degrees. Like if I do just those things alone, the likelihood that I fail is really low. So that's not lost on me. What do you want me to do about it? You play the cards you're dealt cuz that's exactly what everyone else is going to do. You don't resent yourself and you certainly don't feel guilty for the pocket aces you got if you got them.