It is just like everything else. If a boy or man desires to do a thing, and goes at it with a determination to do it, it is nearly half done at that point. My motto is 'Work and Win,' and the whole secret lies in those three words. I have made it a rule that whatever I have to do, to try to do if well. When I saw others do things better than I could I knew that it was the result of intelligent work and skill, and went at it with a fixed, determination to become a thorough master of the same art myself.
Strength is a good thing, and when combined with skill it is the best thing.
That is the secret of his great fame as an instructor of youth. What he knows he understands how to impart to others, so as to make it easy to be understood, and you will find the same rule good in physical as well as mental exercise. One must keep perfect control of his mental and physical faculties in the gymnasium in order to avoid disaster. If he doesn't keep his eyes about him on the crossbars, he will be as apt to land on his head as on his feet. In a glove contest, if your eyes wander away from those of your antagonist you will find thunderbolts wandering all over your head and chest.