"By the time they have been through the ordeal, they really are not concerned about how other people evaluate their performance."
People have their own concepts of success and failure and by the time they have been through the ordeal, really are not concerned about how other people evaluate their performance. They may their own judgments about success and failure.
Gary "Lazarus Lake" Cantrell - organizer of The Barkley Marathon and focus of the documentary - 'The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young'