Background
Ichiro of the Seattle Mariners said this in 2004 after breaking Major League Baseballs single-season record of 262 hits, a mark that had stood for 84 years. He noted it was the result of continuing what he could do each day, not of anything extraordinary.
Lesson for Today
Even the biggest goals lie only at the end of small steps taken today. Continuity over flash. Make each single day count, one stacked upon the next.
Meaning
“Piling up small things is the only way to get to an incredible place”–Ichiro spoke these words in 2004, when he broke Major League Baseballs single-season hit record (262) that had stood for 84 years.
He explained that he had done nothing special. He simply kept doing what he could, day after day, without ever letting the chain break.