Try not to turn your life into a race, least of all an obstacle race.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Life doesn't give you all the practice races you need.
Looking back, my life seems like one long obstacle race, with me as the chief obstacle.
I'm disappointed that I really haven't been able to race in a way that is reflective of the amount of work that I have done and how I have trained. But I don't regret giving this a go.
This is a business, and no one enters a race not to finish first. I wouldn't say I'm in it for the competition, but I'm certainly not just in it to coast along. I want to be the best I possibly can be.
I don't think I ever set my goals that high. As a kid growing up I just wanted an opportunity to race and to be able to make a living doing it. It just came together.
It's not really about the competition. Your biggest challenge in a race is yourself. You're often racing against time. You're frequently running everything through your mind. You're always competing against preconceived ideas. It's not really the person next to you that you worry about.
I can have my goals, and I can have my dreams. My goal is to make the finals and improve my position. I want to run all decent races. I don't want to look back and say I ran a terrible race.
If you want to win anything - a race, yourself, your life - you have to go a little berserk.
Every single thing in my life is built around race.
That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.