When you achieve your Dreams It's not so much what you get, It's who you become.
Interpretation
Achieving your dreams transforms you more than the material outcomes.
This quote emphasizes that the journey towards achieving your dreams is as important as the destination. It highlights the idea that personal growth and the character development that occurs through striving for your goals are more valuable than any external success you might achieve.
In practice
Mentioning this quote during a graduation speech to inspire graduates to value personal growth.
You have a dream and you have obstacles in front of you as we all do. None of us ever get through this life without heartache, without turmoil, and if you believe and you have faith and you can get knocked down and get back up again and you believe in perseverance as a great human quality, you find your way.
In swimming, especially training out in the ocean and open water, you got fogged-over goggles, you're stuck with your own thoughts - there's great benefits to that, deep thinking like that after many hours, but there's also tremendous loneliness. You burn out. You want to run, jump, ski, do anything. So at age 30, I was finished.
Every human being on this planet has their pain and their heartache and it's up to all of us to find our way back to the light.
I am willing to put myself through anything; temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience will take me to a new level.
I swam. We made it, our team, from the rocks of Cuba to the beach of Florida, in squeaky-clean, ethical fashion.
I grew up in Florida, so you start swimming at the age of 1, really. By 10, I was competitive swimming, and by 12, I had aspirations to be the best in the world.
Succeeding makes us feel good. But beating someone else makes us feel really good. Comparing ourselves to others and coming out on top creates a sense of entitlement. And when we feel entitled, we cheat more because, of course, the rules don't apply to awesome people like us.
Nothing of value comes without being earned.
I never said to myself, 'I'm going to be the greatest.' I just wanted to do my own thing.
I never set out to be a businessman
One of the most important principles of success is developing the habit of going the extra mile.
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
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