Maddux was recently on ESPN for a long interview, with, I believe, Rich Eisen. At the very end of the interview, Eisen asked him something like:
"What should people know about you that they don't know already?"
And Maddux responded with:
"Only two things really mattered to me on the field; my preparation...and doing my best. As long as I knew that I prepared as well as I could, and that I gave it my best on the field...then the outcome of the game didn't really matter to me."
A great answer, I thought...and an even better piece of advice for the serious horseplayer.
