Overnight success usually takes at least 10 years. One man said, "My overnight success was

the longest night of my life, I【C1】______ many days and nights【C2】______ getting there. "Remember," Rome was not built in a day. "Many people are waiting for their, ship to come【C3】______ -- when they've not even【C4】______ it out of the harbor. You see, winners【C5】______ do what losers don't want to do. And they keep doing it till they get the success they want. Success is mostly just【C6】______ on after others have let go! So the most important trip you'll make is when you go the【C7】______ mile.

Many people who【C8】______ did not know how close they were to success when they gave up. People don't【C9】______ fail, they just【C10】______ too easily. One guy said," The secret to success is to start from【C11】______ and to keep on scratching. "Don't quit 【C12】______ your trying times are hard. The great inventor, Thomas Edison, tried a【C13】______ experiment hundreds of times, but didn't work. So his assistant said to him, "It's too bad that we did all that work without any results." But Edison said," Oh, we have lots of results! We now know 700 things that won't work. "

Never forget, delay does not always mean 【C14】______ . If we hold【C15】______ and hold on. We can【C16】______ almost anything we want. The British Prime Minister Winston Churchill said, "Never, never, never, never give up! " And the American President Calvin Coolidge said, "Nothing can【C17】______ success like persistence. Talent cannot, for there are many talented people who are not successful. Education will not, for the world is full of【C18】______ losers. Only persistence and determination can give you the【C19】______ to succeed. "You see, you can succeed just like【C20】______ else, just keep wanting it enough and to keep working for it enough. So why not decide it today to start going the extra mile on the road to your success？ Just think a minute...

【C1】

A．took

B．paid

C．spent

D．used