Don't Stop when you are Tired. Stop When You are Done.
Interpretation
Perseverance is key; keep pushing until you achieve your goals.
This quote emphasizes the importance of perseverance and determination. It suggests that one should not give up simply because they feel tired or exhausted, but rather continue working towards their goals until they are fully accomplished. It serves as a powerful reminder that the journey to success is often filled with challenges and discomfort, but the satisfaction of completion is what truly matters.
In practice
This quote is perfect for a motivational speech at a sports event.
A warrior is not a person that carries a gun. The biggest war you ever go through is right between your own ears. It's in your mind. We're all going through a war in our mind, and we have to callus our mind to fight that war and to win that war.
Our whole life is set up in the path of least resistance. We don't want to suffer. We don't want to feel discomfort. So the whole time, we're living our lives in a very comfortable area. There's no growth in that.
I lived a sloppy life. So I took very small increments in my life. I started making my bed. I started cleaning my room. There were dishes in the sink. It started off with doing small house chores. I saw that the yard needed to be mowed. So instead of being told it needed to be mowed, I would mow it.
Before you start a goal - let's take care of our insecurities because they are going to surface when you put yourself in the crucible and you're suffering.
Self-talk, for me, has been the biggest thing in my life. A lot of us have a dialogue that is crap. It's a crappy dialogue. We live in a world right now that is very external. Everything is very on the surface. Superficial. Everything. And what we're telling ourselves is what we see on TV.
I'm different than most people. When I cross the finish line of a big race, I see that people are ecstatic, but I'm thinking about what I'm going to do tomorrow. It's as if my journey is everlasting, and there is no finish line.
Still a dreamer, yet more of a realist than ever before, I knew this was my time to sail. On the horizon I saw the shining future, as before. The difference now was that I felt the wind at my back. I was ready.
You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.
And sure enough, even waiting will end...if you can just wait long enough.
If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you'll be ineffective. If you're disciplined enough, you don't get down when you're behind, and you have a chance to create something positive.
Brains without competitive hearts are rudderless.
There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
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