Champions are not the ones who always win races—they are the ones who get out there and try. And try harder the next time. And even harder the next time. 'Champion' is a state of mind.
I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.
There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed, too, if he allows his mind to be diverted from its true channel to brood over the attempted injury.