My Success Conviction

My Success Conviction…

Is hard work needed for success? Some might say yes some might even say no. But, do you believe that hard work is the key to success? Well, I personally agree that hard work is the key to success that hard work never goes to waste. Professional basketball player Kevin Durant says that “hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.” Another reason is that learning or being hard-working can let you face your failures but actually overcoming those failures that prevented you to succeed. Also your hard work can be an example for others to succeed and overcome their own challenges and their situations.

My first reason is a quote from professional basketball player Kevin Durant. He states that “hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.” This quote means to me that you can have the skills to go through or face situations but without hard work it is less likely to have success through those situations. For example a basketball team with a lot of talent can still be under par because they have not put in the effort to become great or to reach their full potential. Another example is the legendary Michael Jordan; he is one of the greatest basketball players of all time. But he didn't always have the talent that we have come to know. Earlier in his years he was cut off by his high school basketball team and people didn't recognize his talent. But with countless hours of hard work and effort he attended North Carolina University in his talent blossomed in the college basketball world, which led into his Hall of Fame career in the NBA. Another example is Kevin Durant he states in an interview on ESPN sports channel that he “almost gave up on basketball” earlier in his life because people did not recognize his talent. But he states that he put in a lot of effort to become better and with that effort he now has success at playing professional basketball.

The second reason is learning from mistakes and also being hard-working can let you face failures but actually overcoming those failures that prevented you to succeed. This means that basically to keep trying and going through situations. So you can learn from those situations until you overcome those situations. For example for this reason is like taking an exam and the first time you may