I don't mean to compare myself to others, but I was fearless of doing something I was uncomfortable of doing(unlike others). To make it simpler, I'll say that directly before I did that routine on the high bar, I had done one on the low bar. I had asked my coach if I could do the sets seperately. She said no, I had to connect them. I did not wine or negotiate. I do as I'm told. I get really dizzy from doing the low bar before the high, I didn't feel very comfortable. I did it any way, and even though I got hurt, it was for a valiant cause. I defeated the fear of discomfort. It only makes me stronger.
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy course; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.
- Theodore Roosevelt
I love that quote. LIFE IS BETTER.
