The unleashed hunger of a people determined to prosper?
The track is where he has excelled, but he is determined to prosper on the road, and that is where he will focus his efforts in 2009, encouraged by a decent show in this year's Tour, in which he led a stage, at one point by 17 minutes, to within a few kilometres of the finish.
Thus, Greater Manchester looks set to prosper.
But Qualcomm looks set to prosper no matter what happens.
So he knew the trip would be tough and exhausting, but was determined to survive, prosper and eventually move back home.
They are still overwhelmingly jaunty and positive in attitude - this is the music of a minority who have travelled to a strange or strangely familiar place in search of a better life and are determined to survive and prosper.
And it's precisely because I believe passionately in this party of ours that I am utterly determined to see it survive, prosper and win.
I say this not because I lead a university, but because these investments immeasurably strengthened America's social and economic fabric in the second half of the 20th century and, to a large extent, will determine whether we continue to prosper under the far more competitive conditions of the 21st.
We have a club to run and goals to achieve and the board, staff and I are determined to see this great club prosper".
Firms across the UK are determined to achieve an exit from the EU that enables our economy and communities to prosper.
Determining when a recession would end was not easy, of course, but an investor who managed to do that was sure to prosper.
