Every athlete exercises self-restraint in everything; they, indeed, for a crown that fades, we for one that is unfading.

As the sun rises, and the hot wind blows, 'the grass withers, its flower fades,' and all its beauty is gone. So is it with the rich man. In the midst of his pursuits he will come to an untimely end.

For-- 'All earthly life is but as grass, And all its splendor as the flower of grass. The grass fades, Its flower falls,

Then, when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will win the crown of glory that never fades.