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Choking Under Pressure

From Tales of Madness, Vol.III, by Tom Ball (2010)

    She was a figure skater. She made it to four Olympics but every time she fell and was a poor finisher.
    She felt like a loser and everyone thought the same, though they didn’t come out and say so.
    Twentieth in the world is meaningless.
    She said if the world is not how she would like then there’s nothing she can do about it.
    To be #1... is a curse to try for. Who can torture themselves the most to win... Then after years of torturous training to fall down boggles the mind.
    Some peoples’ lives are marred by failure. They fail no matter how hard they try. They have a lousy career, they get divorced they pay alimony and life loses its richness.
    “But the person that can come through under pressure is the best person of all,” I said.
    It’s a world of pressure for most.
    But still many look on the bright side no matter what happens.

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