He felt very tired, not from the mental effort, but because he had suddenly seen what the world was like, how there are many lies and truths,

He looked tired, exhausted even, but it was as if this were the specific thing that had exhausted him, not ordinary everyday matters but one single all-consuming care; it was obviously a fatigue born out of decades of vigilance, exhaustion owing to the knowledge that any moment he might be killed by that immeasurable weight of fat.

Was he smart? No, not exceptionally. Instead, he was a genius.

A small man can be just as exhausted as a great man.

he didn't really care. he was tired

A genius is the man who can do the average thing when
everyone else around him is losing his mind.

I always thought that if you want to be the best, you have to work harder than everyone else"

I am only an average man, but by George, I work harder at it than the average man.

He was old and wise, which meant tired and disappointed...

Genius consists of equal parts of natural aptitude and hard work.

All the Apollo people were working hard, working long hours, and were dedicated to making certain everything they did, they were doing to the very best of their ability.

Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel.

He was very weary; the day had been long, and full of dragons.

All of these people had character. None of them thought they were special people, born with the right to win. They were people who worked hard, who learned how to keep their focus under pressure, and who stretched beyond their ordinary abilities when they had to.