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What is the thing you are best at that nobody watching can see?

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Keith Black Neurosurgeon; chair of neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
I’ve done almost 4,000 operations for brain tumors. I’m thinking of what’s going to happen ten or 12 steps before. I’m anticipating what’s going to happen in the operation, and I’m comfortable with where we are.
Recorded Academy of Achievement recorded interview, American Academy of Achievement, 4 May 2001 source ↗
Tanni Grey-Thompson British wheelchair racer, 1988–2007; member of the House of Lords
I love training. It's not just about the competing. I had an amount of natural talent – you need that to go so far – but, actually, what I had, I think, is an ability to make myself work hard, to do the things I didn't like doing, to do the things that I wasn't so good at.
Recorded Oral history interview, People's Collection Wales, 1 January 2015 source ↗
Cathy Freeman Australian sprinter, 1990–2003
I wanted to be an Olympic champion and I didn't care about the goings-on around me. In my heart and with all of my soul I was ready, willing and I was very able. I had a deadly sense of self-belief. I'd go to another level and say I had a deadly sense of self-conviction where you can say whatever you want, you can do whatever you want but you're not going to touch me.
Recorded National Museum of Australia, 1 January 2021 source ↗

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