“There are going to be people along the way who try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishes or your fame. But if you just focus on the work and you don’t let those people sidetrack you some day when you get where you are going, you’ll look around and you’ll know it was you and the people who love you who put you there. And that will be the greatest feeling in the world.”

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