In my past I worked in a small racing team in Germany. Still young, there were two things I learned from my co-pilot who was a known race driver in the late 80s:

1. 'It's not the speed that kills you, it's the sudden stop.'

2. 'always better, never perfect.'

It took some while until I understood that the petrol head was a better philosopher as I thought.

Might be that you discover tour own thoughts in these two quotes too?