https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bniI8NUwoRU
This speech by a pint-sized Jamaican fitness expert is an inspiration for all us. In the 80-second clip, Demarjay Smith, 9, rails against settling for mediocrity or giving life anything other than your very best. I’ve watched it three times already this afternoon, and I feel like I could do go do literally anything now. Watch above, and read a transcript below.
“Either you work hard for it, or you don’t work hard for it. Me and my brother, we work hard for our stuff. It don’t come easy. In life, you have to work. You have to want to be the shark of the ocean, or the fish of the ocean. Right now, we want to be the shark—take over everything. Strength, no weakness. You have to have that mindset, so you can come in here and dominate…Keep yourself up, pumped, and ready for any challenge that come.”
This isn’t Smith’s first brush with viral fame. Last year, a video of him and a few friends doing push-ups and other exercises went viral, earning Smith not one but two trips to The Ellen Show. On the first, he raced Usain Bolt; on the second, he attended the NBA All-Star Weekend, where he co-coached the celeb game with Drake and repeatedly owned Kevin Hart. Watch both appearances below.
