When checking references for a job applicant， employers may be reluctant or prohibited from saying anything negative， so leave or send a message that says， “Get back to me if you highly recommend this applicant as super great.” If they don’t reply take that as a negative.

I don't want to be a champion only on the court, I want to be a champion in life.

The power of abstraction is that it allows us to ignore irrelevant details and focus on the essential aspects of a problem.