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I try to stay pretty level-headed and just do what I have to do.

I've learned that I've got to keep level-headed.

There's a constant tension in climbing, and really all exploration, between pushing yourself into the unknown but trying not to push too far. The best any of us can do is to tread that line carefully.

You have to stay one level above everyone else.

Anytime you finish a climb, there's always the next thing you can try.

Climbing is what I do.

I want to do everything to get to a new level.

Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.

If you're climbing the ladder of life, you go rung by rung, one step at a time. Don't look too far up, set your goals high but take one step at a time. Sometimes you don't think you're progressing until you step back and see how high you've really gone.

I'm very aware that to reach the same level and have the same amount of success will be extremely difficult.