You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you.
First and foremost, play what you love to play. Don't try to jump on a bandwagon or a trend or a popular musical craze.
Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.
Do what you love and the necessary resources will follow.
When you can't do what you love all of a sudden because of an uncontrollable situation, it sucks.
The ultimate dream in life is to be able to do what you love and learn something from it.
Injuries are psychologically so hard for an athlete because you don't get to do what you love to do.
As a musician, you just want to be able to do what you love.
Do what you love, and do it well - that's much more meaningful than any metric.
You've got to keep your eye on the prize and do what you love to do.
Do what you love doing.
When you're doing what you love, it's not exhausting at all, actually. It's completely empowering and exhilarating.
It's great if you can find what you love to do. Finding it is one thing, but then to be able to practise that and be preoccupied with that is another.