“The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word - extra. And for me, I had always grown up with the belief that if someone succeeds it is because they are brilliant or talented or just better than me… and the more of these words I heard the smaller I always felt! But the truth is often very different… and for me to learn that ordinary me can achieve something extra-ordinary by giving that little bit extra, when everyone else gives up, meant the world to me and I really clung to it…”
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“Many people find it hard to understand what it is about a mountain that draws men and women to risk their lives on her freezing, icy faces - all for a chance at that single, solitary moment on the top. It can be hard to explain. But I also relate to the quote that says, Iif you have to ask, you will never understand.”
― Mud, Sweat and Tears
― Mud, Sweat and Tears
“You can't become a decent horseman until you fall off and get up again, a good number of times.
There's life in a nutshell.”
― Mud, Sweat and Tears
There's life in a nutshell.”
― Mud, Sweat and Tears
“Never depend on those luck moments – they are gifts – but instead always build your own back-up plan.”
― Mud, Sweat and Tears
― Mud, Sweat and Tears
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