"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit."
--Aristotle

This is a quote Erik shared with us (coaches have a wide scope-- technique, fitness, waxing, inspiration...) which I found particularly insightful. There's no magic secret to being fast, or accomplished in any field, it's merely being your fastest or your best every day.

"We are what we repeatedly do"

Do I ski as fast as I want to race in my intervals? I'd better be. Do I treat myself and my body like I'm a world class skier? Because that's the only way to become one.