The American Will to Succeed

I've been a dishwasher in the States. I've done it all, right? Legally, illegally, when we were kids. But in terms of the American willingness, maybe not ability, but willingness to try, to strive. Where does this come from? Well, America is a nation built out of people who left the places where they were. And just America being a large country, we have a biggest single market that there is.