"The most likely cause of failure is your incompetence, not losing to the competition" It is amazing how far you can get by not screwing things up too badly.

"The most likely cause of failure is your incompetence, not losing to the competition" It is amazing how far you can get by not screwing things up too badly. Whilst you keep pedalling and don't do any truly daft - competitors you once feared find novel and surprising ways of eliminating themselves.