There's a complete difference between training for a specific event and goal and just training.

As an athlete, I was never really comfortable with being a celebrity.

Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.

You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.

How could you look more stupid than to be the guy accepting a bronze medal in gold shoes?

The only thing you can never change is your values.

The only way to deal with loss - as a horribly unwelcome guest that you know will show up eventually. And so you deny it and reject it and ignore it and laugh in its face. You toss it out into the street and push it away and fight it off, and only it has landed square in your lap, only then do you deal with it.