“Not Talent — You Have to Be Born With Effort”#

People who put in the effort might be a little behind right now, but in the end they succeed.

There’s one thing I can take pride in.

Whatever sport I had done, I would have been number one.

Because what I was born with is effort.

How many times do you think I lost while doing judo?

I lost more times than I can count.

“More Than Will Is Persistence, and More Than Persistence Is Enjoyment”#

When you read a book by force, you can’t even last 10 minutes; but when you read it with enjoyment, 30 minutes pass in a flash.

To achieve something, you need will — but to sustain that will, you have to enjoy it.

That’s why persistence beats will, and enjoyment beats persistence.

― Lee Ha-young, author of “I Respect My Twenties the Most”