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The athlete knows the day will never come when he wakes up pain-free. He has to play hurt.

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Steven Pressfield
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 1
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The amateur tweets. The pro works.
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No matter how great a writer, artist, or entrepreneur, he is a mortal, he is fallible. He is not proof against Resistance. He will drop the ball he will crash. That’s why they call it rewriting.
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F@*# self-doubt. I despise it. I hold it in contempt, along with the hell-spawned ooze-pit of Resistance from which it crawled. I will NEVER back off. I will NEVER give the work anything less than 100%. If I go down in flames, so be it. I'll be back.
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