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The athlete makes himself, the coach doesn’t make the athlete.

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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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Looks Outlook Secret Source
There’s no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.
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Funny Motivational Nike
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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Athlete Giving Running
A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils.
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Smart Teacher Teaching
Once vast numbers of people have come to believe the lie, they adjust their own behavior to bring themselves into sync with it, and thereby change the world itself.
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Behaviour Change Number Original World
If at the end of a race you know yourself that you have done your best, you’re a winner.
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Done End Race Winner
If you have a body, you are an athlete!
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Athlete Body Motivational
People do not get what they want or what they expect from the markets; they get what they deserve.
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Deserve People Want
I think people can handle 150 to 200 miles a week. But something has to give somewhere. If he’s a student, how’s he going to study? He may be at the age of chasing and courtship, and that’s an important form of sport and recreation, too.
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Running Sports Thinking
The real purpose of running isn’t to win a race, it’s to test the limits of the human heart.
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Heart Real Running
Harness the Power of Accelerated Failure – the faster you fail, the faster you succeed.
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Failing Harness Succeed
The athlete makes himself, the coach doesn’t make the athlete.
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Athlete Coaches Health Update
Everything you need is already inside.
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Gym Motivational Running Sports
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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Fitness Motivational Running
People are upset. They know something is wrong. But they don’t know what. The real explanation is too complicated. They won’t sit still for it. So, they look for scapegoats – the rich…the banks…the Chinese.
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People Real Scapegoats Upset
I hope the competition will resume, and if it does, you must not think that running or throwing or jumping is frivelous. The games were once your fellow Olympians answer to war – competition, not conquest. Now, they must be your answer.
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Answer Competition Games Jumping Olympians Throwing

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