There’s no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.
BILL BONNERNone of the problems that caused the crises in Europe and America have been resolved. They have been delayed and expanded by more debt and more money printing and will lead to more and worse crises.
More Bill Bonner Quotes
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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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God determines how fast you’re going to run; I can help only with the mechanics.
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I still bother with runners I call hamburgers. They’re never going to run any record times. But they can fulfill their own potential.
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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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Victory is in having done your best. If you’ve done your best, you’ve won.
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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 economic freedom that made the U.S. economy the leader of the world has given way toa rigged, controlled, and regulated economy.
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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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Everything you need is already inside.
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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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If you have a body, you are an athlete!
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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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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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The athlete makes himself, the coach doesn’t make the athlete.
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So it’s a matter of fitting your current practices to fit the event and the individual. See, what’s good for you might not be worth a darn for the next guy.
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