The only one who can beat me is me.
You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how you execute the task.
The basis of self-discipline: Don't allow the edges to blur.
You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.
When you're gone I can go running though the house screaming and no one will ever hear me.
I've had to learn that not everybody does things my way. But I do expect the absolute best of everyone around me, and I'm disappointed when people don't expect that of themselves.