In an excerpt from Rafael Nadal's book "Rafa" there is section that is about what it takes to be an elite athlete. Here it is:
The success for the elite sportsman rests on the capacity "to suffer," even to enjoy suffering. It means learning to accept that if you have to train two hours, you train two hours; if you have to train five, you train five; if you have to repeat an exercise fifty thousand times, you do it. That's what separates the champions from the merely talented. And it's all directly related to the winners' mentality; at the same time as you are demonstrating endurance, you head becomes stronger. The things you receive as gifts, unless they come with a special sentimental attachment, you don't value, whereas the things you achieve by your own efforts, you value a lot. The greater the effort the greater the value.
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