Racing is another matter. The frontrunner's mind is filled with an anguished fearfulness, a panic, which drives into pain. If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want. We can lay it on the line, bust a gut, show them a clean pair of heels. Learn from these.
Winners do things differently.
It signifies something is wrong, but you ignore it until it goes away. We will go to the moon and do other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard. Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it. Hurdle the dead. The victorious performance is merely the demonstration of their championship character.