I’ve worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.

The quote frames elite performance as a moral commitment built on accumulated effort. Hamm links personal ambition (“my goals”) to accountability within a collective (“my teammates”), suggesting that excellence is sustained not only by talent but by refusing to compromise after long preparation. The repetition of “I will not” reads like a vow: obstacles, doubt, or distraction are treated as betrayals of both the group and the self. In a sports context, it captures the psychology of high-stakes competition—where perseverance is justified by the time already invested and where individual discipline is inseparable from team responsibility.