Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.
“I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.”
“I just try to do as good job with the material as I can and play some jazz as well, some improvised music, and do that every night. Just see where it goes.”