A finish is never reached without a beginning.

See how few quietly step to the starting line. Listen to how many noisily step back from the starting line.

To quit requires an excuse. To finish requires action.

Although I’ve been thoroughly conditioned by pain to see it otherwise, an ending is nothing more than the backside of a beginning.

Confusion: You cannot speak of your achievements for you are conceited, yet you cannot speak of wrongs because you complain. We encourage you to learn, yet if you teach what you learnt you are not qualified. You may be ridiculed for never taking chances in life, but if you do you must be careful. You are allowed to smoke whilst complaining about pollution. We must protect refugees fleeing war, yet we are scorned for protecting them in their homeland.

A swimmer's mastery of breathing is the equivalent to one's understanding of their "Identity-Impression State"