The bigger the monster, the more epic the story. You either get an epic outcome or an epic stor

0:00This moment [music] in the movie Troy, Brad Pitt, it's an old movie. And it's the very beginning. And Brad Pitt, who's Achilles, [music] is going to go fight this giant. Right before he's about to, you know, fight the giant, there's this little boy, it might have been his squire [music] or something, who hands him the helmet or whatever. He says, "He's huge, you know, I wouldn't want to fight him." And Achilles, Brad Pitt, looks down at the boy [music] and says, "And that's why no one will remember your name." First off, savage. Second off, I remember thinking that because like it's normal to not want to keep moving when no [music] one's cheering for you. Cuz the reality is that people only root for other people like two times. [music] At the beginning, when you start, and at the end, when you finish. The problem is neither is when [music] you need it. So, you have to master the middle, the boring, soul-crushing, unending, relentless

0:41>> [music] >> middle. It's the step after step after step while you're running the marathon. Like the starting [music] gun's exciting, it has balloons, everyone's there with you, and it's like, "I'm going to start this thing, right?" And then there's nothing. There's just nothing [music] for 26 miles, just nothing. And then at the very end, you've got more balloons and more people. But [music] that's where the winning happens. The winning happens on your own.