“I wanted to tell him that doing everything right might still entail heart-wrenching consequences. Gary would have his own unforgiving minutes, I feared, but what mattered was that he fill those minutes with 'sixty seconds' worth of distance run.' And just as important were all the hours of demanding preparation before the unforgiving minute: the education and training, the running and marching, the deliberate planning married to decisive action. His men expected no more than everything he had; they deserved no less. Yet the only way Gary would be able to measure success would be to look in the mirror.”
- Craig Mullaney
The Unforgiving Minute, p. 373