When you’re competing head to head against another person (or against yourself for that matter), and you reach your threshold, the point where you can’t go any further, you can do one of two things…

You can take that feeling and convert it into fear, let it overtake you, get that ugly, nauseous feeling in your stomach, and call it quits…

OR

You can embrace that feeling, acknowledge that that feeling is essentially the point of competition, make a decision to push further, get excited that you’re about to push your body into unseen territory, and thrive on the experience.