The piece of advice that has stuck with me the most, was given to me by a lifeguard, namely Trent Mattingly. He was working with me on my stroke, having offered to give me a few pointers. However, it wasn't something about the stroke, it was a generalization that he made.
He said, " Listen, you can do anything for a minute, if it hurts that means that you're going fast enough."
That has really stuck with me. It's the first thing I say to myself before I do anything that I know is going to be hard. I just think that it simplifies the drive that anyone has to do anything, and I think that its something that everyone could use.
I know personally that whenever I swim I hear him the back of my head, and I'm grateful for that, because I don't know where I'd be without it.
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