" We’re all dealt a different hand in this life. I don’t know what hand you were dealt. But I know that the only thing we can do with our hand is play it—no bluffing. You can make the choice. You can either waste the opportunities you’ve been given, waste away in your regrets and failures, waste your gift, waste your time and energy and effort, and wait for your participation ribbon. Or you can choose to finish first.
Which will you choose? "

― Scott Hamilton , Finish First: Winning Changes Everything