“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”
— mike tyson
Tyson said this before his 1987 fight against Tyrell Biggs, responding to a reporter who asked about Biggs' strategy. It became the most quoted line in combat sports.
People walk in thinking they know what happens next. They have their strategy, their prep. Then reality hits them in the face and it all disappears. I watched it forty-four times across the ring. The ones who survived were not the ones with the best plan. They could take the hit and still think. Life works the same. Your plan is worthless. Your ability to get hit and keep moving is everything.