Excellence: The Dueling Club (Book 2, Chapter 11)
Harry Potter and the Sacred Text
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The Importance of Excellence
"What do we do with the things that we're excellent at if we're unsure if we want to be even able to do it? That reminds me of a story of a friend of mine who was an exceptional runner and you know, you run around the school yard as a kid. And then throughout high school, she kept being pulled into cross country and it actually became a very detrimental thing in her life," says Rowling. "I think Harry is going to have a real struggle to figure out how to use this innate gift that he has, especially when we compare it to Harry's flying skills."
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