Matthew McConaughey

And I looked up and there was a cloud in the sky.

And I said, Mr. Mayor, is that cloud as big as the world?

And he paused for a minute and he goes, well, yes, it is, Matthew.

Now, in my seven-year-old mind, I went, okay.

I can see the outlines of it.

And that must mean it is so far away because if that's as big as the world, I remember it took 15 hours just to drive from Longview to Florida last year, you know, and I can't even see that far.

So that cloud must be so far off that it's not worth me even considering space, dreams, any of that.

Army, I'm looking down.

I'm going to put my head to the ground.

I'm going to look right in front of me and deal with what's in front of me because dealing with dreams and what's out there and not on this earth that gravity holds down, not worth considering.

You never make it.

It's not even worth imagining.

It's poof, it's fairy dust.

So I think I learned a lot of self-reliance from that.

I think I got a work ethic from that.

I think I got a...

Hey, focus on what's right in front of you.

Do the deed.

Take care of what's in front of you one at a time and slowly notch up your way.

And hopefully there's some ascension to that.