What I learned from Prince and Muhammad Ali was that it’s possible to love yourself so much that everybody else does, too.

Yes but also neither of them based their notoriety on that. Each had world class talent in their field and a work ethic to match.

maybe if you love yourself enough, something like that happens for you. I don't mean in like a The Secret kind of way, I mean that losing the continuous debilitating inhibition of self-hatred unlocks the motivation for continuous self-development