He walked out in the gray light and stood and he saw for a brief moment the absolute truth of the world. The cold relentless circling of the intestate earth. Darkness implacable. The blind dogs of the sun in their running. The crushing black vacuum of the universe. And somewhere two hunted animals trembling like ground-foxes in their cover. Borrowed time and borrowed world and borrowed eyes with which to sorrow it.

人们总是倾向于高估一天能达成的事情，而低估十年能取得的成就。奇迹常常可以在十年的尺度上发生。长期主义能够实现的小进展的持续积累的复利，足以超越哪怕巨大的失误。

释义：圆的器物容易滚动，而方的器物则易于停止，这是器物的差异；金属刚硬而水则柔弱，这是它们的物性不同。

我会拼命地打好每一场球，就如那是我最后的一场！