Principle 9 Trying doesn’t work. Training does. Trying is an attempt to do the right thing by exerting effort in the moment. Training is a commitment to strategic habits you do before the moment that equip you to do the right thing in the moment. All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. So I run with purpose in every step. . . . I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. —1 Corinthians 9:25–27
