Pain is temporary

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever - Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong is definitely an athlete to admire.  Winning 7 consecutive Tour de France races after surviving a gruelling cancer battle, he should know what pain is. 

Emotions often rule our decisions.  We say things which we regret afterwards.  We do something that we are ashamed of.  We make decisions because of how we feel or even worse, of how a specific individual made us feel.  We experience pain and throw in the towel. 

Take it from a champion like Lance Armstrong, if we quit, the pain lasts forever.  Acknowledge the emotion and allow it to subside; for something better to take its place.