"Even the great [[Lou Gehrig]] knew this. **Sure, he had the longest streak in baseball, but on many occasions, if he could feel his performance suffering midgame, he took himself out and called for a pinch hitter**. His coaches knew this too—famously “raining out” a game on a cloudless day at the Polo Grounds so that Lou might have a day to recover. **And of course, there was the off-season, too, a feature of athletic life that those of us in other professions should consider adopting**." --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[work-life-balance]], [[self-control]], [[mindfulness]], [[resting]] **Source** -- [[202409150124 - B - Discipline is Destiny]]