Winning tells people plenty about what someone is capable of when everything is genuinely going their way. The considerably harder test tends to arrive later, once circumstances turn difficult and there is no obvious way out left available. John Cena, the American wrestler, actor and television personality, put that distinction plainly. "A man's character is not judged after he celebrates a victory, but by what he does when his back is against the wall," he said. Anyone can look composed while things are working entirely in their favour. The considerably more revealing moment tends to arrive under real pressure, real disappointment, or genuine uncertainty instead, and Cena's own words about this idea carry more weight once you know exactly when and why he actually said them.
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