Striving to be better but scared to hope so

A laughable moment! Before the race starts this individual will say something to the effect, “I don’t know if I can run my seed time.” Then, after the race has been completed they have finished a hair quicker then expected and say something like, “Oh, if I only did this different I could have been a little faster!” They are lost to that just moments ago they didn’t think they would accomplish that which they now critique doing. It is the presence of the doubtful over-achiever, which rings true to me as a modest perfectionist!