A couple of old Marine Corps sayings I’d like to share with you;
“The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.”
“You don’t have to practice to be miserable.”
Granted, the first adage is popular of the amongst the ‘Pain is Good‘ crowd, of which (at least) use to be quite few Marines, myself included.
The second quote was known to be uttered by most terminal Lance Corporals at the end of one of those nasty long-distance speed marches (AKA: “Humps“). But in all fairness, most Marines aren’t happy unless they’re bitching.
Leonardo DiCaprio does it. George Clooney doesn’t. You can bet your paycheck that Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos do it, but fellow billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Jim Walton don’t.
Lastly, John Kerry and Al Gore do it, but their fellow uber-rich politicos George W. Bush and Bill Clinton don’t.