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“If you're waiting until you feel talented enough to make it, you'll never make it.”
― Healology
― Healology
“The smell of the sweat is not sweet, but the fruit of the sweat is very sweet.”
― Wealth of Words
― Wealth of Words
“If creatively traveling up an escalator on your back were an Olympic sport, every gold medalist would be geriatric. There should be a soap fragrance for muddy ducks that captures that athletic dominance.”
― Music is fluid, and my saxophone overflows when my ducks slosh in the sounds I make in elevators.
― Music is fluid, and my saxophone overflows when my ducks slosh in the sounds I make in elevators.
“It was preeminently the smell of the human body after it had been used to its limit, such a smell as has meaning and poignance for any athlete, just as it has for any lover.”
― A Separate Peace
― A Separate Peace
“If you play just to stay healthy and not to win, by all means, keep playing.”
― Wealth of Words
― Wealth of Words
“An athlete with a running nose and a running stomach is fortunate. If he combines these with a pair of running legs, he is set to run to infinity with the speed of light. He has no rival.”
― Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1
― Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1
“The sensation of mentally awakening while your feet are moving you through the crisp dark morning air is hard to describe. It's like pulling down the covers after a night of sleep and discovering your bed is a sled careening down a ski slope.”
― Dirt and Ink: A Runner's Journey
― Dirt and Ink: A Runner's Journey
“Science has demonstrated that some athletes have a higher tolerance for pain and suffering than others do, and that those who have a higher tolerance are more accepting of these sensations.”
― The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life
― The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life
“The same willingness to face reality that allows certain athletes to accept a negative turn of events also helps them bear what must be borne to address the bad situation.”
― The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life
― The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life
“The best source of knowledge concerning the most effective methods of coping with the challenges of endurance sports is the example set by elite endurance athletes. The methods that the greatest athletes rely on to overcome the toughest and most common mental barriers to better performance are practically by definition the most effective coping methods for all athletes.”
― How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle
― How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle
“Mentally tough athletes know how to stay focused and deal with adversity.”
― Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence
― Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence
“Athletes in the zone see everything with clarity. They are relaxed, they perform with a quiet mind, with no indecision and no doubts. They can almost anticipate what is going to happen. They are totally absorbed. Golfer Tony Jacklin likened the zone to being in a cocoon. Dave Winfield said, “I’m in my world.”
― Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence
― Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence
“Coaches and volunteers provide what every athlete needs—encouragement and support.”
― Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence
― Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence
“In a study that examined clothing and athletic performance, researchers found that athletes who wore red clothing in the 2004 Olympic Games won more events than those athletes who wore blue.”
― The Power of Tattoos: Twelve Hidden Energy Secrets of Body Art Every Tattoo Enthusiast Should Know
― The Power of Tattoos: Twelve Hidden Energy Secrets of Body Art Every Tattoo Enthusiast Should Know
“The real athletes did it for the love of the sport itself and the love of each other—encouraging one another to explore their limits.”
― Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
― Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
“People in your field, athletes, coaches, they’re watching you, and they’re encouraging you, and they’re pulling for you. That helps on a bad day.”
― Game Changers: The Unsung Heroines of Sports History
― Game Changers: The Unsung Heroines of Sports History
“Even in trying to become an expert athlete, daily training involving a great deal of self-denial and asceticism is absolutely needed.”
― The Training Of The Zen Buddhist Monk
― The Training Of The Zen Buddhist Monk
“從肯亞觀察日本的時候，我覺有很多選手只會發言，但是都沒有內容。當然，發言本身並不是壞事，但是身為運動員，行動應該要放在第一位才對吧。我認為運動員必須做出讓發言有說服力的行動。”
― 決戰前：大迫傑東奧訓練紀事（附大迫傑跑步訓練日誌）
― 決戰前：大迫傑東奧訓練紀事（附大迫傑跑步訓練日誌）
“I see myself a rock star. I play hard to win. I see myself a warrior. I battle the challenges ahead. I am the renegade. I walk through the sleepless nights. I am a legend. A legend you want to be. A legend you want to follow. I am an athlete.”
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“I see you on television. You’ll jump through hoops to provide fast relief from painful athlete’s foot fungus.”
“That’s not me,” I tell her. “I get you a great deal on a new or used vehicle.”
― The Unteachables
“That’s not me,” I tell her. “I get you a great deal on a new or used vehicle.”
― The Unteachables
“Maybe it's good we don't know what will happen next in our stories, because if we did, we might not turn the page. Or we might skip ahead and never experience the good that comes out of the hard moment we're living through”
― Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance
― Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance
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