Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there and you can't do it by loafing around.
I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time somehow things will...
Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry.
I guess by taking lessons early on and really trying to play all the rudimentary stuff and try to have it sound as good as my teacher. It took a lot of practice which I enjoyed and still do.