"There are aspirations in life and goals. You've got to just set them and stick to them. If you don't achieve them, go for them the next time and keep pushing for it."
Words that could have been uttered in the depths of Kiev's Olimpiyskiy Stadium in 2018 to help eventually propel Liverpool to Champions League redemption a year later in Madrid.
But they belong to critically acclaimed UK rapper Slowthai.
At 24 years old he has already hit one of those goals. In September, his celebrated debut album Nothing Great About Britain picked up the Mercury Music Prize nomination he had targeted when he first sat down to write it with his crew.