To Become Elite You Must Suffer

"Success for the elite sportsman rests on their capacity to enjoy suffering. It means learning to accept if you have to train five hours you train 5; if you have to repeat an exercise fifty thousand times, you do it. That's what separates the champions from the merely talented. It's all directly related to the winners mentality; at the same time you are demonstrating endurance your mind gets stronger. The things you receive as gifts ,unless they come with a special sentimental attachment, you don't value, whereas the things you achieve by your own efforts, you value a lot. The greater the effort, the greater the value."

Toni Nadal,