[NicknamedBob]

"Objective consideration of contemporay phenomena compels the conclusion that success or failure in competitive activities exhibits no tendency to be commensurate with innate capacity, but that a considerable element of the unpredictable must invariably be taken into account."

Translation: Prepare all you want to; it helps to be lucky.

[TAquinas]

"Translation: Prepare all you want to; it helps to be lucky."

So, that's what it says? Why didn't they say so?

Thanks.