Press on – no matter what they say to you, victory is not always about winning, but is really about doing, the spirit of entrepreneurship. Do it, fall, get up and do it again. In the end, all we can ever do is live and act honorably. If we win the battles and the wars, fantastic. If we fight the battles and lose yet act and live honorably, we win every day. We can stand tall and be proud of who we are. That is truly what counts.

“It’s not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong
man stumbled, or when the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit
belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by
dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short
again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and
spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the
triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst if he fails, at least
fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those
cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.”

I choose to be in the arena, marred by dust, blood and sweat and knowing both victory and defeat.