Doug McDermott | Stick With It If You Love It

Doug McDermott was a 6-foot, scrawny freshman in high school, and went on to have a great division 1 basketball career, and is now an NBA vet. He was the 6th man as a junior for his high school team, but he embraced his role and did what he had to do for the team.

Doug's father coached him in college at Creighton, and he said that growing 6-8 by the time he graduated from college helped Doug have success, but he also said that Doug just continued to get better. He continued to work. He embraced the value of nutrition and getting enough sleep, and he worked extremely hard in the weight room to develop his body.

He was a gym rat, but an efficient gym rat. He wouldn't spend hours in the gym working part of the time and screwing around the rest. When he got to the gym, he had a vision in mind of what he wanted to accomplish. He got it done and then he went and enjoyed some of the other things that he likes to do.

Have a plan. Follow the plan. Work super hard when nobody is around.

If you love something, stick with it because you never know what might happen. That is why it is important to love the process and love the work. Continue to work at it, have a love for the game, and surround yourself with other people who have the same dreams as you.