The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more.
“The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.”
“That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.”