"If your desire is to be the best, then you cannot only do what you want to do, but rather to be the best, you must do what is necessary to accomplish it." This is what I told to the group between dryland and getting ready to get into the water. I went on a little bit more about Muhammad Ali.
Muhammad Ali mentioned that he didn't enjoy every moment of his training (I saw an Ali quote at the YMCA that made me aware of this). My assumption was that he loved to box and he wanted to be the best. He understood that the training may not be the most enjoyable moment, but the results were. He did what was necessary and not what he felt like he wanted to do.
Doing only what you want to do leads to mediocrity. Sometimes there lies this content with mediocrity in some people, but it is those who are willing to do what is necessary to be the best that they can be, that accomplish great things.
I heard on the radio the other day that most of the people who make up the 1% of our nation are those who work or worked in the past well over the average work week of 40 hours a week. Some did inherent their fortunes, but statistics have shown that many of the 1% who got there themselves worked beyond what most people see as the normal work week. They did what was necessary, and not only what they wanted to do and what was required of them.
Good luck to all of those who do the little extra and do what may be necessary to be great at what ever you strive to accomplish. Whether it make you rich, fast, or just makes you feel good that you are the best that you can be. I commend all of those who are willing to do what is necessary to the best, and to all those swimmers who accept that they must do more than just what they want.
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