Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
The answer is hard work. What are you doing on Christmas Eve? Are you riding your bike? January 1st - are you riding your bike?
Nobody is going to feel sorry for me if I've lost a dollar or $100m.
Pain is temporary. Eventually it will subside. If I quit, however, the surrender stays with me.
The body is telling the mind to stop. The mind is telling the body to shut up.
It can't be any simpler: the farewell is going to be on the Champs-Elysees.