One hundred pounds.
One hundred days.
One hundred excuses.
One hundred maybes.
One hundred failures.
One hundred another-time's.
One hundred another-place's.
One hundred bosses.
One hundred losses.
One hundred one hundred's.
One.
One hundred percent.
Different.
One hundred percent.
Honest.
One.
One hundred percent.
Accountability.
One.
One hundred percent.
Focus.
One hundred percent.
Under the bar.
Over the hump.
Through the fog.
Around the corner.
One.
One hundred excuses weighting one hundred pounds flipped one hundred eighty degrees upside-down and one hundred percent behind you.
One.
One hundred..
One time.
Do it.
Keep going.
Performance.
Life.
Work.
Challenges.
Adventure.
Flight.
Forget velocity.
Give me tenacity.
Tell me about your flight.
(Up.)
Your fight.
Your flight.
Your wings
as they rose from the ashes.
Bent.
Broken.
Renewed.
Reawakened.
Tell me about your flight as
You
scraped
clawed
kicked
raised
(Up.)
You.
(Up.)
You.
Don't show me the A+.
Don't show me the prom queen.
Don't show me PR stats.
Don't show me the money.
Speak of the struggle.
Don't you dare wipe your hands clean.
Spare me the polish and pretty.
Your fight.
Your flight.
You.
(Up.)
(Keep going.)
You.
You are not yesterday's failure.
You.
You are yesterday's lesson learned.
You.
You are not a missed attempt.
You.
You are one attempt closer.
You.
You are not a thousand broken mirrors.
You.
You are a thousand stories worth sharing.
You.
You are not a permanent patient.
You.
You are patience.
You.
You are not I am not.
You.
You are I will.
You.
(Keep going.)
Fear.
Five AM.
Hard-boiled eggs, banana, almond butter.
Coffee.
Fear.
Six AM.
Front squats. Flexibility. Focus.
Fear.
White board. Numbers. Weights.
Fear.
"Big" numbers.
"Big" weights.
"Big" doubts.
"Big" wait-until-another-day..
Fear.
"Fear"
Hand to heart.
Big breath.
"Big" weight?
Big effort.
Fear?
Big heart.
Big eyes.
Big effort.
Big smile.
Fear..
F*ck fear.
Hear it.
Face it.
Crush it.
(Keep going)