Triple Crown

I'll tell you I have very few regrets because I don't like to leave anything to chance that I don't have too. You can't make opportunities, but when you know they're there you've got to kill it in the room. In a situation where I'm being judged, no matter how big or small, it's about who and what I'm doing it for.

When I keep getting asked to come back, I realize it's because they want me. They want to show me off and make sure the people above who make the final decision see what they know is true. I never say "no," because I don't want it to bother me by denying the opportunity to shine. I never remember what happens in the room, but I know how I feel coming out.

When you're frustrated and think, "ugh, go in again?! I killed it already! Why am I on parade another time?!"

They want to take that thoroughbred out of the gate and walk him around the paddock and go, "Look, I told you, this is the one with the biggest dick out of every horse here! Nono, just put the other ones back and look at this one! This is the horse! Look at those legs! Look at that mane! This is the one that's getting us the Triple Crown!"

So you go out there, strut around, and show them that you're the real deal. Never turn down that opportunity to give them one more good look.

I've only made the mistake of saying no once: when you go, "No! I don't want to come out! They've already seen me, they need to make a decision now!" You know what they do? They go for the second best horse, and you? You don't get to run that day or ever.

If it's a formality or just a test of graciousness, just go in. In this life you never get to sleep, you never get to rest, you get to show them why you're the one. You get to be the one who caused a problem in the room. You get to be undeniable.