I think this truth of life goes hand-in-hand with this one

Sometimes you can try very hard and make no mistakes… yet still have a chance of failing since there will always be things beyond what you can reasonably control.

Although what matters in the end if you fail/lose is how you decide to react to it. It is something that fans of Toonami would know well at this point given how often Tom talked about those lessons of getting up and trying again or try something different when you fail/lose.

Oh yeah. I've learned this really well.