A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change.
BILL BONNERIf you look carefully, almost all Old Money secrets can be traced to a single source: a longer-term outlook.
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A man’s wealth can…also be measured by what he doesn’t have and doesn’t want. When he wants little, he is a rich man.
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If at the end of a race you know yourself that you have done your best, you’re a winner.
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If someone says, ‘Hey, I ran 100 miles this week. How far did you run?’ ignore him! What the hell difference does it make?…. The magic is in the man, not the 100 miles.
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Both the liberal and the conservative are in agreement: it is all very well to let the people alone, but only if they do what you want them to do.
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The idea that the harder you work, the better you’re going to be is just garbage. The greatest improvement is made by the man or woman who works most intelligently.
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Several of my critics have said, ‘Bowerman just tacks up a piece of paper in the locker room and turns his runners loose.’ They’re partially right. I do give the athletes a relatively free rein and for good reason. One of my principles is? ‘Don’t overcoach.’
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The entire world economy rests on the consumer; if he ever stops spending money he doesn’t have on things he doesn’t need — we’re done for.
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Everything you need is already inside.
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Victory is in having done your best. If you’ve done your best, you’ve won.
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Harness the Power of Accelerated Failure – the faster you fail, the faster you succeed.
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If you look carefully, almost all Old Money secrets can be traced to a single source: a longer-term outlook.
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If there is one thing that marks families with money in the long term it is this: delayed gratification.
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The athlete makes himself, the coach doesn’t make the athlete.
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Neither limits nor adversity are what ruin men. Under pressure, they handle themselves pretty well. It’s the lack of limits they can’t handle. That’s when they run amok. So, if you really want to see what a man is made of let him think he can get away with something.
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Norman Rockwell spent his career painting pictures that helped people understand their own feelings…pictures that enriched their own experiences and celebrated their own lives.
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