I would agree and disagree at the same time with this quotation. I believe that hard work will get you many places you want to go, but at the same time how lucky you are getting there always helps. Preparation and hard work is what is going to get you to the opportunities you have in life, luck and people you know just always helps. However, nothing is replaceable with hard work.
A perfect example of this is high school sports.Hard work, hustle, great attitudes and dedication will all help you win and do the best you can, but luck is a big factor. The region a team is in during tournament time highly depends on the likeliness of going to state. In 2010 and 2009 the Canton South High School girls basketball team made it to the regional finals and regional semi-finals. Both times they lost to a private school called Hathaway Brown. Hathaway Brown ended up winning the state title both of those years, as they had done the year before also. Not only did they win, but they beat the first team they faced in the state semi-final by twenty-six points, they only beat Canton South by ten. Luck. Canton South just happened to be in the same region as the defending state champions. It doesn't mean that Hathaway Brown worked any harder, had any more determination, hustled any harder or had any different attitudes. Canton South by luck just happened to be in the same regional as them. My dad always says that it takes hard work, talent, and a lot of luck to win the state championship.
So I would say luck and hard work both determine success. I do believe whole-heartedly that each person or team should control what they can control, and that is how hard they work, everyday attitudes, determination, pride and the fight inside of them. That way, no matter what outcome, or how luck works that day, you can always say I did the best I possibly could and exerted the most effort possible.
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. ~Thomas Jefferson
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