Beartown (Beartown, #1)

by Fredrik Backman

desire always beats luck.”

when your desire to win is stronger than your fear of losing, you have a chance. No one wins when they’re frightened.

it all went quiet inside his head when he stepped onto the ice.

All adults have days when we feel completely drained. When we no longer know quite what we spend so much time fighting for, when reality and everyday worries overwhelm us and we wonder how much longer we’re going to be able to carry on. The wonderful thing is that we can all live through far more days like that without breaking than we think. The terrible thing is that we never know exactly how many.

“The only thing the sport gives us are moments. But what the hell is life, Peter, apart from moments?”