For most athletes, success is measured through championships, medals, and accomplishments. But according to Marcus Buchecha Almeida, those things eventually lose their importance.
What truly lasts, he says, are the relationships built along the way.
Here is what he had to say on the topic in an interview with BJJEE:
When all is said and done, the titles and accomplishments you’ve earned along the way won’t matter much.
Everything that you build, everything that you conquer as an athlete…
It’s not about being a world champion or being something like that. Because that’s just something that’s going to fade away.
Buchecha has won multiple world titles and built a legacy few athletes will ever match. Yet he believes those achievements are temporary by nature:
Soon, there’ll be a “new Buchecha”, a new world champion…
I think that the most important thing is to keep everything that you built during your whole life.
So, all the friendships; all the people that I’ve met and that I still have a good relationship with, I think that’s going to last forever.
Buchecha emphasized the importance of character and personal connections:
So, I try to keep the friendships, everything that I built as a person. I think that’s most important.
It’s what you built in your personal life throughout, that’s what matters.
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