The real purpose of running isn’t to win a race, it’s to test the limits of the human heart.
BILL BONNERPeople do not get what they want or what they expect from the markets; they get what they deserve.
More Bill Bonner Quotes
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There’s no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.
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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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Harness the Power of Accelerated Failure – the faster you fail, the faster you succeed.
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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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There is no bad weather, just soft runners.
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Yes, there are constraints on the way the insiders use their power. There are ‘checks and balances,’ built into the constitution, for example.
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People do not get what they want or what they expect from the markets; they get what they deserve.
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That is the problem with age and wisdom—it merely shows you how helpless you are. The wiser you become, the more you learn to keep your mouth shut, until eventually the grave silences you forever.
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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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A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils.
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The athlete makes himself, the coach doesn’t make the athlete.
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If you have a body, you are an athlete!
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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 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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Don’t give anything away. Never make it easy for the guys you are trying to beat.
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