Choosing Not to Rest on Cold Branches

Picking through all the cold branches, refusing to perch; the lonely sandbar is cold.

— Coach Wu Jingping’s poem accompanying Fan Zhendong and Boll’s Christmas photo

(This is a famous line from Su Shi’s poem, describing a wild goose that would rather stay on a cold, lonely sandbar than settle on any branch - symbolizing someone who maintains their principles and refuses to compromise.)