If I were San Diego, I would lose confidence in myself after fishing alone for 84 days, and I might never dare to go out to sea alone again. If I were San Diego, catching huge marlin with simple fishing gear in the Caribbean, the immediate difficulties would definitely make me timid, and I would shrink back and give myself countless excuses not to take stupid risks; If I were San Diego, I would be afraid. After dragging a boat with fish for four hours, I looked back at the shadow behind me and gave up this capture. If I were San Diego, when something bites another bait, I wouldn't cut the line like him, and I wouldn't be tempted to catch this obviously smaller fish because other prey distracted me from the big fish. If I were San Diego, when my left hand has started to twitch, even dizzy, I would never try to hold back all the pain like him and use my residual strength and long-lost pride to deal with the painful struggle of fish. If I were San Diego, when the shark attacked me and the knife on my paddle broke, I would lose all my courage, and despair would surround my whole heart ... When I met my limit like him, I would not summon up all my courage and confidence to face failure.
As long as people have their own limits, whether it is sending a spaceship into space or catching huge marlin in the Caribbean with crude fishing gear like Santiago, people who do these things are equally great. Because those who fight against fate, those who are brave in innovation, and those who challenge their limits often fail. However, they overcame their own compromise on defects, so although they were defeated, they were the winners of their own courage and confidence. Only those who live within their limits will always "win". They are invincible just because they have never experienced war. So I want to be a loser like San Diego, because I also want to be a person like San Diego and never be defeated by failure.