A glossy red rubber ball bouncing above a cracked slate tile against a pale yellow background.

Original artwork, not a still

General George S. Patton, Jr.

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Success, on this view, isn't about how high someone gets but about how well they spring back after a fall. The bouncing image makes resilience the real yardstick, treating rock bottom as a surface you can push off from.

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