There’s more than one way to reach the goal. Yes, to each his own. My motivation was very different than Kakarott's. My motivation was to be the best, to be the greatest Saiyan alive as I always have been, until Kakarott came into the picture... Then something just snapped, something inside of me. I didn’t care anymore. I didn’t care about being better than Kakarott. I didn’t care about being a super Saiyan. I didn’t care if I lived! I didn’t care about anything and then IT happened. Yes, that’s how it happened. That’s how I became a super Saiyan. I know that feeling...
I wonder if wearing that ALICORN amulet has long term side-effects. Seeing this now makes me think how much this could be possible. Hypothetically, I'd like to see how both of them would react to the other reaching alicorn status.