The Will to Win

You have probably heard it before: The will to win is nothing without the will to train. The original quote was from a Tanzanian runner named Juma Ikangaa, who actually said, "The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare." 

Ikangaa was well known for his hard training regimen. Unfortunately, he finished second at some big marathons in the late 1980s, including multiple times at Boston. What did he do? He doubled down, of course. He trained even harder. Did the perseverance pay off?

Juma Ikangaa finally won his biggest race: the 1989 New York City Marathon. He talked about his hard training, and how he simply trained even harder to finally win. His will to win, perhaps in question after the second-place finishes, was not as important as his will to prepare.