“Success is how high you bounce
when you hit bottom.”

「成功取決於跌至谷底後反彈的高度。」

  As a cadet at United States Military Academy at West Point, future U.S. Army General George S. Patton was forced to repeat his first year of classes due to his poor performance in mathematics. Patton’s eventual graduation with honors in 1909 gives insight into the meaning of this quotation. The height that one achieves after reaching a low point is the true measure of success.

美國陸軍上將喬治．巴頓就讀於西點陸軍官校時，第一年就因為數學成績太差而被迫留級。但巴頓最終於1909年以優異成績畢業，為這句話下了最佳註解。一個人跌深之後如何重新攀上高點才是衡量成功的真正標準。