Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.
The only one who can beat me is me.
A good mentor offers directions and driving tips from the back seat. You still have to drive the car.
That first peak is the best place to pause and look back, to see if you took the easiest route, to learn the lessons from the first climb. And it is the best place to examine the terrain ahead, to change your plans and goals, to take a deep breath and begin climbing again.
(Natural Talent + Opportunity) Hard Work = Success
It is clearly not the journey for everyone. People succeed in as many ways as there are people. Some can be completely fulfilled with destinations that are much closer to home and more comfortable. But if you long to keep going, then I hope you are able to follow my lead to the places I have gone. To within a whisper of your own personal perfection. To places that are sweeter because you worked so hard to arrive there. To places at the very edge of your dreams.
The basis of self-discipline: Don't allow the edges to blur.
The only way to deal with loss - as a horribly unwelcome guest that you know will show up eventually. And so you deny it and reject it and ignore it and laugh in its face. You toss it out into the street and push it away and fight it off, and only it has landed square in your lap, only then do you deal with it.
Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself.
Don't shoot for something unattainable - completely outside of your nature or opportunity.
I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
They think because I'm small, they can do what they want to do to me. But I'm not weak. If I lower my shoulder and they lower they're shoulder, they're going to go down.
You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.
You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.
