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They Never Talked About My Heart
A Knicks player said the one thing that silenced every doubter: 'They never talked about my heart.' Here's why that's the only statistic that matters. They may know the numbers. They may know the odds. But only you know your heart.
Congratulations to the New York Knicks.
I'll be honest—I'm not the biggest sports person. But sometimes sports give us lessons that apply far beyond the game.
One statement from a Knicks player really stood out to me. He spoke about all the reasons people said he wouldn't make it.
They talked about his size.
They talked about the statistics.
They talked about the odds.
They talked about what he lacked.
Then he said something powerful:
"They never talked about my heart."
That hit me.
Because people are quick to measure what they can see.
Your age.
Your weight.
Your credentials.
Your bank account.
Your experience.
Your shortcomings.
But they can't measure your heart.
They can't measure your determination.
They can't measure your willingness to keep showing up when things get hard.
They can't measure your love for what you do.
They can't measure your faith in yourself.
The player's heart, his love for the game, his team, and the sport of basketball outshined all of the perceived limitations others placed on him.
The beautiful thing is those limitations were never truly his.
They belonged to the people making the assumptions.
He simply kept playing.
He kept believing.
He kept leading from the heart.
That lesson extends far beyond basketball.
People told me women over 40 couldn't lose weight.
People said leaving a stable career was risky.
People questioned starting new businesses, writing books, investing in real estate, moving to Puerto Rico, and building a farm.
The statistics may not have always been in my favor.
But statistics never tell the whole story.
Heart does.
Your heart is where your purpose lives.
Your heart is where your resilience lives.
Your heart is what gets you back up after you've been knocked down.
Never let someone else's assessment become your limitation.
They may know the numbers.
They may know the odds.
But only you know your heart.
And sometimes, that's the most important statistic of all. ❤️🏀✨
— Viva Coach DeShanti
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