Ten Things I Learned Inwards 10 Years Racing
July 17, 2015
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1. Racing is difficult, together with it never gets whatever easier (or cheaper).
2. Do non scrap amongst the officials, y'all volition most probable lose. (however, I accept constitute that if y'all tin acquaint your concerns inward a calm together with logical manner, many are willing to at to the lowest degree listen y'all out)
3. No one, non your co-workers, wife, girlfriend, parents or boyfriend racers, aid every bit much nearly your racing every bit y'all do. Eventually y'all merely halt talking nearly it then much.
4. Most people, including those listed to a higher house create non empathise racing or hollo upward it is a unsafe together with juvenile way for a grown human being to pass their time.
5. What people hollo upward together with tell way absolutely nix on the racetrack, it's the results that count.
6. You are never every bit fast every bit y'all hollo upward y'all are.
7. There is ever somebody faster.
8. There is no fourth dimension for regret on the racetrack, solely improvement.
9. While everyone needs to a greater extent than or less assistance from fourth dimension to fourth dimension when racing, the ultimate responsibleness for everything lies amongst the racer himself. Handle your ain business, lest individual else grip it improperly for you.
10. You are entitled to together with furthermore guaranteed absolutely nothing inward racing (aside from a lighter wallet together with peradventure a few expert stories). Luck plays a part. Want your luck to instruct better? Work harder.
And because 10 merely isn't enough:
11. If y'all are going to race, y'all damn good meliorate dear it. And I hateful actually dear it downwards inward your soul, because inward a fraction of a minute racing tin snatch away everything. And I hateful everything.
2. Do non scrap amongst the officials, y'all volition most probable lose. (however, I accept constitute that if y'all tin acquaint your concerns inward a calm together with logical manner, many are willing to at to the lowest degree listen y'all out)
3. No one, non your co-workers, wife, girlfriend, parents or boyfriend racers, aid every bit much nearly your racing every bit y'all do. Eventually y'all merely halt talking nearly it then much.
4. Most people, including those listed to a higher house create non empathise racing or hollo upward it is a unsafe together with juvenile way for a grown human being to pass their time.
5. What people hollo upward together with tell way absolutely nix on the racetrack, it's the results that count.
6. You are never every bit fast every bit y'all hollo upward y'all are.
7. There is ever somebody faster.
8. There is no fourth dimension for regret on the racetrack, solely improvement.
9. While everyone needs to a greater extent than or less assistance from fourth dimension to fourth dimension when racing, the ultimate responsibleness for everything lies amongst the racer himself. Handle your ain business, lest individual else grip it improperly for you.
10. You are entitled to together with furthermore guaranteed absolutely nothing inward racing (aside from a lighter wallet together with peradventure a few expert stories). Luck plays a part. Want your luck to instruct better? Work harder.
And because 10 merely isn't enough:
11. If y'all are going to race, y'all damn good meliorate dear it. And I hateful actually dear it downwards inward your soul, because inward a fraction of a minute racing tin snatch away everything. And I hateful everything.
RIP Marco Simoncelli |