Sublime

What made him different from previous coaches was his relentless commitment to a strategy that he referred to as “the aggregation of marginal gains,” which was the philosophy of searching for a tiny margin of improvement in everything you do.

Practice implies a judgment. It assumes a lack of competence. But of course this isn’t true. Lionel Messi, whose work ethic is remarked on constantly, assumes that practice is a driver of his success and a key ingredient in continuing it. But there’s more to the picture than the not-surprising surprise that the best still practice.