When things are tough, you get tougher.
Some sessions are stars and some sessions are stones, but in the end they are all rocks and we build upon them.
Never, ever give up. And smile
Pick your battles, and accept yourself for who you are.
Just seize every opportunity you have, embrace every experience. Make a mark, for all the right reasons.
There is a special mystique about the marathon, for example, because of its length-but that's just the bit you do at the end of an Ironman