选自疯狂英语故事会中一篇励志故事。作者通过讲述自己在参加橄榄球训练营时因为训练艰苦曾经一度想退出却最终坚持了下来并且取得骄人成绩的故事，告诉大家不要轻言放弃。
Sometimes when I'm overcommitted or totally stressed out with life, I still have to pull out of certain activities. But I no longer have the same knee-jerk response of wanting to quit simply because I'm uncomfortable. And though I never came to know the glory of a winning touchdown, I now know how great it feels to stick with something and see it all the way through to the end.
有时，当我为生活过度疲劳或者心力交瘁时，我仍然不得不退出某些活动。但我不再仅仅因为不舒服而产生同样下意识的反应——即想要立刻放弃。并且，虽然我未曾感受过赢取触地得分球的荣耀，我却懂得了坚持一件事并将其进行到底是多么伟大。