Russell Westbrook defines the definition on how bad do you want it.... "When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you'll be successful"
Mon comes out everyday and works hard. I read some article about Russell Westbrook demeanor.
The reason why he has that MJ/Kobe mentally when he's playing because his best friend pass away when he was in his teens, and they both promise each other to make it to the NBA. After his best friend pass he made a promise to himself to work his ass off for him and his best friend. Read that he even take out his best friend grandmother garbage everyday when his friend pass away. That's why he's wearing that "why not"/"KB3" rubber band.
Russell Westbrook on his best friend passing: "I feel like I'm playing for him in a way," Westbrook said. "We were playing pickup basketball one day and he just stopped and fell and out of nowhere and that was it. I always think about him and his family and I wonder how they're doing and check on them any chance I get."
http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/columns/story?id=5150492
WB inspires this yard mon to work hard everyday...