Shadowing Practice: DON'T GIVE UP - Motivational Speech - Learn English Speaking with Video

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When everything goes dark in your life, when those people who you thought would be there for you forever suddenly leave you,

when your dreams fall apart in front of your face and anyone you come across tells you you're not gonna make it,

when it seems like things couldn't get any worse, I need you to dig deep.

I need you to find that power deep within you

that won't be denied

when all hell is breaking loose in your life

you got to take a stand you got to stand up against all the negativity that's consuming you

and surrounding you

and you got to create a new reality for yourself you've got to fight for a different outcome for you

and your dreams this is not the end this is your new beginning

you have the power to change your story no one

and no obstacle can take that away from you a champion isn't made

when things are easy champions are forged through fire through defeat

through the struggle of having to deal with the worst imaginable

and not running away from it standing up

and taking it on you don't have to always be jacked up

and excited about it sometimes all you got to do is outlast it you just got to keep moving forward

if you're feeling hurt keep moving if you're crying keep moving

if you don't know what's going to happen keep moving I just need you to keep the momentum going

and not sit down and feel sorry for yourself you might not see it right now

but all this crap you're dealing with now you're going to be glad it happened you'll feel fortunate

that it all went bad

because what you're going to learn in this process is

that these situations are going to make you into an unstoppable beast you don't become a beast

when all is going well there has to be pressure

there has to be pain there has to be darkness no matter how bad things get you gotta to keep fighting.

It's about taking a stand, standing courageously, daringly, and boldly against the odds.

No matter how dire the situation, no matter how insurmountable the obstacles, you keep moving forward.

You keep walking toward your dreams, no matter what.

This relentless this pursuit, this unyielding drive, is what separates the victors from the vanquished.

When the world tells you it's over, when it seems like there's no way out, that's when you fight the hardest.

That's when you prove to yourself and everyone else that you have what it takes.

You show that no matter how dark it gets, you will find a way to shine.

It's not about the intensity of your battles, but the strength of your response.

It doesn't matter how cautious

or careful you are life will always hit you in the face it's gonna hurt like hell

but the question is how hard can you hit back how

hard can you fight back how much of a fight are you willing to put up for your dreams

because if you really care about it like you say you do you don't fold at the first second third

or even the 22nd time something or someone tries to knock you down

and stop you on your path to greatness no

you keep destroying everything in your path until you get exactly what it is you want

and you stop at nothing to reach it whenever

you feel negative whenever you feel your life is getting tough

I want you to say I'm responsible I'm responsible for my life

I'm responsible for what happens I can't change the past

so I'm not going to spend a single second worrying about what has happened i'm going to become

so busy working on my future and my goals

that i don't have time to think about the past you get

so laser focused

that you get very specific on what you're doing to make progress

you know exactly what you're doing on monday on tuesday on wednesday

you know precisely how to make your situation better every day of the week you turn your tragedy into triumph

because that's what winners do

They don't just dream.

They do.

Winners take their plans, their goals, their visions and turn them into action.

They're not paralyzed by fear or doubt.

They're propelled by determination and drive.

Winners don't fall apart.

Winners don't give up.

Winners don't quit.

Winners execute.

I've always thought of life as like this one -way street

and you head down

and as you do it sort of disappears behind

you you can't go back once you've started this damn journey you can only go forward

so you got two choices one

you get scared you give up and then you burn up i mean the second one is like it

it it fear then you barrel through it and

when you come out on the other side i guarantee

you you're going to be stronger than you ever thought possible i didn't come this far to just break down

and lose now i'm a winner i'm going to win

i'll do whatever the hell it takes to get through this now

if you know what you're worth now go out

and get what you're worth but you got to be willing to take the hits

and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you want to be because of him or her or anybody.

Cowards do that and that ain't you.

You're better than that.

Hold on.

I don't care how long it takes you to finish school.

Hold on.

I don't care how long it takes you to pass that bar exam.

So what you didn't pass it on the first time.

You keep going.

You keep studying.

You keep writing.

You keep singing.

You keep rapping.

You keep boxing.

You keep fighting.

You keep dribbling you just keep on keeping on and

if you persevere trouble don't last always every storm that's come

it will pass i just need you to keep walking toward

it i don't need you thinking about it no more

you're doing too much thinking you're analyzing too much you're talking yourself out of it i don't know

if this gonna work i tried

and it didn't work i just need you to keep moving i need you to make up in your mind

that the only way you can lose is if you quit i just need you to keep going.

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Every one of my successes is stacked on top of failure.

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Failure is just another peg in the ladder for me to go higher.

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And some of you in this room today,

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you need to change your mind because some of you are thinking about giving up because you're in a season of failure.

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But just because you failed doesn't mean that God doesn't have a bright future in store for you.

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It is always too soon to quit.

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I can't quit.

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I can't stop.

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I can't get tired.

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I can't give up.

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I can't give in i can't why my mama counting on me my wife is counting on me

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when you ain't got nothing left in your tank you gotta think about the people in your life

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that you're doing this for and then

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if you can think about them you can go one more mile you will go one more day at work

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when you're doing it for somebody else when you like

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that lion if i don't grind if we don't grind

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if i don't grind they don't eat i wish

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i could tell you you tired go take a break

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i wish i could tell you it's gonna get easier i wish i could tell you that

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if you just keep going it's gonna get lighter the weight is gonna get light

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i wish i could tell you that

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but that's not the truth the truth is you gotta find something within you gotta find something within

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and that's gotta push you and that's gotta elevate you

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and that's gotta drive you and that's gotta move you and

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when you find out what your why is

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when you find your why you don't hit snooze no more

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when you find your why you find a way to make you happen

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but none of this is ever going to happen

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if you quit failure gives you two choices you stay down

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or you get up well i'm up and i am fired up because i have figured it out

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and i can stay down or i can get my ass up and i'm in the getting up business

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we all want to be a beast

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but do you know what a beast is a beast is someone who can go through hell

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and be grateful that their legs are working a beast is someone who's lost everything

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but is grateful for the opportunity to get everything back

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and get even more a beast is someone who can hit rock bottom and can say

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Roger that I'm gonna harness this it is only up from here I'm gonna come back even stronger

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “DON'T GIVE UP - Motivational Speech”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: beast, winner, moving. This video has 136 sentences and 1543 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:40. The speaker talks at a natural 178 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
beast noun	/biːst/	Any four-footed land mammal.
grind verb	/ˈɡɹaɪnd/	To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
grateful adjective	/ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/	Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.
obstacle noun	/ˈɑbstəkəl/	Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively
finger noun	/ˈfɪŋɡɚ/	A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other…
loose adjective	/lus/	Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.
guarantee noun	/ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/	Anything that assures a certain outcome.
odd adjective	/ɑd/	Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.
knock verb	/nɑk/	To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
outcome noun	/ˈaʊtkʌm/	That which is produced or occurs as a result of an event or process.
deny verb	/dəˈnaɪ/	To disallow or reject.
darkness noun	/ˈdɑɹk.nɪs/	The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.
exam verb	/ɪɡˈzæm/	Shortened form of examine
lion noun	/ˈlaɪən/	A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.
mama noun	/ˈmɑmə/	Synonym of mother (“a female parent”).

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
give up verb	To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
get up verb	To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
move forward verb	To cause to make progress.
break down verb	To stop functioning.
burn up verb	To catch fire and burn until destroyed.
come across verb	To change sides; to cross over to work for the opposition.
come back verb	To return to a place.
fall apart verb	To disintegrate, to break into pieces.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	won't be denied · isn't made · are forged
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	has happened · I've always thought · you've started
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	people who you · someone who can

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 91 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, you're, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shine /ʃaɪn/, determination /dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən/, cautious /ˈkɔːʃəs/, vanquish /ˈvæŋkwɪʃ/
Long words — get the stress right: determination /dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən/, intensity /ɪnˈtɛnsɪti/, momentum /ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/, imaginable /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnəbəl/, negativity /ˌnɛɡ.əˈtɪ.vɪ.ti/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like beast, grind, grateful.

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