We will test you with a bit of fear and hunger, and a shortage of wealth and souls and produce. Such will be granted their prayers by their Lord as well as mercy. Qur'an 2.153-57 Race with one another for forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden. Heedful among the heedless, wide awake amongst the slumbering, the wise man advances as does a swift horse, leaving a weak jade behind. So run that you may obtain it.
Every athlete exercises self-control in all things.
They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. For you are the mother of a people. Native American Religions. Apache Song Scripture credits with performance not him who begins a task, but him who completes it. You can dig a hole nine fathoms deep, but if you fail to reach the source of water, it is just an abandoned well.