There are more important ways of earning a living, aren't there? Like being a neurosurgeon. But some plays are very important, aren't they?
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Unless you are wealthy, you cannot afford to act or direct one play and remain unemployed the rest of the time.
Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion. That becomes more true the higher the skill level gets.
I believe in professionalism, but playing is not like a job. You have to be grateful to have the opportunity to play.
Making money is marvelous, and I love doing it, and I do it reasonably well, but it doesn't have the gripping vitality that you have when you deal with the happiness of human life and with human deprivation.
I don't feel like basketball is the only way to make a living.
Imagine choosing a job not on money or even on career advancement, but as part of a life worth living.
Everybody makes money for a living, but most of us actually do something that has a point, in addition to just making money. We examine and treat patients, we teach students, we draw up contracts and wills, we write for newspapers, magazines, and web sites, we clean floors, or we serve meals.
Some people, through luck and skill, end up with a lot of assets. If you're good at kicking a ball, writing software, investing in stocks, it pays extremely well.
We had a great dramatics department in school, so I did a lot of plays and theatre there. Later, when I was the captain of our student's ward, I figured out that if you find something you really love to do, you don't have to work for the rest of your life! You can just have fun and still excel in it because you enjoy what you do.
I have always maintained that if you work hard, it won't go waste, as recognition will come to you at some stage, whether in studies or sports. You need to have good intentions and intent to move ahead in life as well as in sports.
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