One builds self-esteem not by being overly precious with oneself, but by being brave enough to confront difficult truths while acknowledging one's inner strength.

“You're never going to raise your self-esteem by being too precious with yourself. You have to be willing to be brave and to look at the hard things, but also at the same time acknowledge how strong you are.”

Adversity and challenging experiences can be used as opportunities to build personal resilience and a stronger work ethic.

“we can either look at those things and we can let them beat us down and sometimes I did Jay but we also can take those as an opportunity to push ourselves harder and it all comes down to attitude of how we're going to view these things”