An athlete who tells you the training is always easy and always fun simply hasn't been there. Goals can be elusive which makes the difficult journey all the more rewarding.
Interpretation
Achieving goals requires hard work and perseverance, and it's not always easy.
This quote emphasizes the challenging nature of pursuing goals, particularly in athletics. It highlights that while the end result can be rewarding, the journey is often fraught with difficulties and requires a commitment to push through hardships, a truth that anyone who has achieved something significant can attest to.
In practice
During a motivational speech at a sports event.
Immigrants have been coming to our shores for generations to live the dream that is America. They wanted better for their children than for themselves. That remains the dream of all of us, and in this country, we have seen time and again that that dream is achievable.
Resistance is directly proportional to love. If you’re feeling massive Resistance, the good news is, it means there’s tremendous love there too. If you didn’t love the project that is terrifying you, you wouldn’t feel anything. The opposite of love isn’t hate; it’s indifference.
My whole career, I've been an underdog, I've been underestimated. Therefore, I've had a chip on my shoulder my entire career. Being drafted in the second round when you think you're supposed to be in the first round, a lottery pick, the chip grows bigger. And you have more to prove.
You should not allow yourself the luxuries of discouragement of despair. Bounce back immediately, and welcome the adversity because it produces harder thinking and harder drive to get to the objective.
Dreams without goals, are just dreams and they ultimately fuel disappointment.
Don't wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.
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