Most athletes try to train with winning in mind.
But they know that if they don't put in the required training then they won't win. Of course training is never easy in fact some have quit because it was too much for them, you see they lacked discipline and guidance. But if you don't memorize and meditate then God can't use you in the areas that he has planned for your life. And by going back to Gods game plan which is his word he gives us the instruction that we need to defeat Satan and to have victory over him. He has all ready marked out a game plan and we are to follow that game plan and his only.