Do you know that overnight success usually takes at least 10 years? One man said, “My overnight success was the _______ night of my life. I spent many days and nights just getting there! Rome was not _______ in a day.” Many people are waiting for their ship to come in when they’ve not even sent it _______ of the harbor. You see, winners simply do what losers don’t want to do. And they keep doing it _______ they get the success. Success is mostly just hanging on after others have let go! So the most important trip you’ll ever make is when you go the _______ mile.

One guy said, “The secret to success is to _______ from zero and to keep on trying.” Don’t give up trying just _______ your trying times are many. The great inventor, Thomas Edison, tried a certain _______ hundreds of times, but it didn’t work. So his assistant said to him, “It’s too _______ that we did all that work without any results.” But Edison said, “Oh, we have lots of __________! We now know 700 things that won’t work.”

If we hold on, we can complete almost __________ we want. And the American President Calvin Coolidge said, “Nothing can bring success __________ persistence (坚持). Talent cannot, for there are many talented people __________ are not successful. Education will not, for the world is full of educated losers. Only persistence and determination（决心）can give you the __________ to succeed.” You see, you can succeed just like anyone else, just keep wanting it enough to keep __________ for it enough. So why not decide it today to start going the extra mile on the road to your success?