You don't win rings unless you have talent. The X-factor that separates one talented team from another is easy to say but hard to acquire. The team that breaks your will, your spirit, and relishes the thought of punishing you till you crack, that team wins. It begins when you are forced to watch someone else celebrate the moment that could have been yours. It begins when you are taken out of the mix because you didn't deliver when you had to.
Anger seeps in somewhere along the line.
When you make the deal with yourself that you will not be denied anymore. You have to be willing and wanting to comeback for more. Rejection may happen again. The ones that refuse to have their will broken if they are lucky will win it. The Hornets will be tested again.