Меня восхитил этот пост Винсента Чжоу, фигуриста, поразительной силой духа:
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Vincent Zhou. "There are some battles you can't win.
I've won countless battles in the last two months, two of the most uphill months I've pushed through. For all my preparation, effort, and arduously carved and taken steps to end in what happened yesterday is... hard to put into words. I take full responsibility for failing to achieve what I believed in, trained for, and set out to accomplish. I take full responsibility for letting my team and country down. But I refuse to let my failures define me. Yesterday was absolutely not representative of my training, my ability, or my team, but it happened, and I can't go back for a second chance to change that. Onwards and upwards is the only place to go from here.
I flew out of state to see my doctor for an ankle injury the week of my outbound flight to Sweden, but I stayed the course and never gave up. After coming back, I ran clean longs with 5 quads through the pain and did my best to conquer my doubts and fight off the innumerable things working to eat away at my confidence. I came to my first international competition in two years knowing I would be my own biggest adversary and hoping to conquer myself, but when it counted the most, I failed. Success is difficult, but there are times when failing is even more so. And to succeed, I must also know how to fail. I am prepared to do so over and over again, and I will #getup every single time to step back in the ring and keep learning how to better myself.
It's not over. I vow to make the best of any situation life puts me in and fight to regain my footing. I cannot and will not allow what still feels like all just a horrible dream to corrupt my resolve and cheapen my name and what I know I am capable of. I am ready to begin the work to prepare for next season, the season of dreams coming true. Bring it on.
Adversary - соперник
Define - определять
Resolve - решимость