quote for today
“What do you mean no training at Christmas!? While my opponents are eating turkey, I train twice as hard.”
-Daley Thompson, Olympic Champion Decathlon 1980 & 1984
I get no satisfaction out of looking at my five gold medals. My satisfaction comes from looking back at the hard work I put in and the sacrifices I made to get those five gold medals.
-Eric Heiden
The first quote makes me smile, I have missed the last 3 thanksgivings in a row because of skating (its one thing to say that, its another to be alone in a hotel in Calgary with a Wendy’s cheeseburger in your hand as 3,000 miles away, your family is eating dinner). As for the second quote, there is some essential truth in the idea that if you make your journey the reason you do something, then you are often a happier person. Enjoy skating & training, that is the reward!
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