Pain was their body's way of telling them that they'd pushed themselves to their limits - which was exactly where they were supposed to be.

Have character, but don't be a character.

The more thou sweateth in training, the less thou bleedeth in combat.

For the past weeks I'd been reacting. That was no way to win. To win, you take the initiative. You instigate the action. You make the opponent react to you.

I don't follow the thought; "Winning is not important, playing the game is". If that is in fact true; then why do we keep score??

Pain was their body's way of telling them that they'd pushed themselves to their limits - which was exactly where they were supposed to be.

Knives are like credit cards; don't leave home without 'em and always carry several