Put a Gun to Your Head

Some days you just have to hold yourself hostage. You've got to force yourself to do things that you don't want to. If you want anything that's worth a damn then you've got to push yourself in moments of misery: through laziness, tears and even through snotty noses, whining and excuses. You've got to shit yourself with fear, because the moment that something becomes difficult or nearly impossible is the moment that it becomes most important.

Greatness is achieved through great effort. Risk is...