No matter how good you are, no matter how fast you are,

no matter how smart you are, no matter how strong you are,

there is always someone out there who will be bigger,

faster, smarter, or stronger.

So what do you do?

You can't always control who or what you're up against,

but you can always control your effort.

You must outwork every single one of those people you're competing with.

When you find yourself up against other people and see yourself falling behind,

are you the person who gives up and gives in? Are you the person who starts making excuses for why you're not doing as much as you could? Are you the person who finds it a reason to start doing

things you're not supposed to, taking breaks,

slacking off, sleeping in, eating like crap? Or are you the one who sees opportunity? The opportunity

to get ahead of everyone else. The opportunity to work harder and perform better when it's game time. The opportunity

to improve yourself and hold yourself accountable to what you know you can achieve if you really

tried your hardest. In the shadows and darkness, when most people are still in bed or have gone home already, where you

fight to become the best version of yourself every damn day.

It's that process of pushing yourself to perform better.

That's what stretches you to reach higher and higher levels.

You don't become number one by taking it easy.

You become number one by pushing yourself to the outer limits of your capabilities.

It's these quiet, unseen moments that legends are made.

You're not there to participate.

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