Once we turn pro, we're like sharks who have tasted blood, … - Steven Pressfield

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Once we turn pro, we're like sharks who have tasted blood, or renunciants who have glimpsed the face of God. For us, there is no finish line. No bell ends the bout. Life is the pursuit. Life is the hunt. When our hearts burst... then we'll go out, and no sooner.

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Steven Pressfield (born September 1943) is an American author of historical fiction and non-fiction, and screenplays.

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