What I learned in that shabby hotel room with the moldy shower curtain and the iron burns on the carpet was that I had what it took to go all the way: pure, unadulterated bullheadedness.

• 在有着发霉浴帘、和地铁烫斗焦痕的那件破旧旅店房间内，我学到了自己有走完全程所需要的东西：一种纯洁、纯粹的”蛮劲“。