Finish what you start, no matter how painful it may be.
-- Nastia Liukin
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About the Quote
We should finish whatever it is we begin. If we start something we look forward to doing, it makes sense that we will finish it. If we start something we dread doing, we finish it as quickly as we can as best as we can.
In the event we start something which goes well but ends up interrupted-- for example, needing to drop out of college due to a death in the family, or getting a new car before the company goes bankrupt, or being on track in a gymnastics exercise for a perfect score before faceplanting-- we need to finish as if the interruption didn't happen. Even if the continuation isn't the same as what was intended, it needs to be finished. There is always the chance that even with the interruption we still put ourselves in position to succeed or to win.
We need to finish what we start even if we know how it ends in order to reinforce the ethic that quitters never win and winners never quit. Finishing what we start regardless of how hard a task is also validates people's faith in us that what we start we finish. No one likes to be left in some intermediate state.
Some (More) Information about Nastia Liukin
Although Nastia Liukin was too young to qualify for the 2004 Athens Summer Games, she was able to watch a teammate from her gym win the all-around competiton at the Olympics. Carly Patterson was Nastia Liukin's teammate at WOGA (World Olympic Gymnastics Academy) in Plano, Texas, US.
Nastia Liukin used Carly Patterson's Olympic performance at the 2004 Olympics as inspiration for her own performance. Liukin won her first US senior national title in 2005. At the 2005 World Championships she won the gold medal in both the uneven bars and balance beam, and she won a silver medal for floor exercise. In the all-around competition only teammate Chellsie Memmel did better, beating liukin by 0.001 points.
After winning the 2006 US title, Liukin sprained her ankle before the World Championships. She was only able to compete in the uneven bars event, but her performance was good enough to earn her the silver medal.
After the World Championships, Nastia Liukin hand ankle surgery. At the 2007 World Championships she won gold medals for balance beam and team competition; she also won a silver medal for uneven bars. She finished the 2007 World Championships if 5th place overall, proving to the world that she was ready for a run at the 2008 Olympic Gold Medal.
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