I think there's a form of honesty, because I used to be very honest with the press, and then it backfired on me, and I understood it.
Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it.
If I wasn't dyslexic, I probably wouldn't have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily... and I never would have realized that the way you get ahead in life is hard work.