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.’
BILL BONNERAnd there are cultural norms and traditional prohibitions. But eventually, the norms and traditions wear off, like painkillers. And then, the pain of raw government begins again.
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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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You don’t get what you want from investing, you get what you deserve.
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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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Victory is in having done your best. If you’ve done your best, you’ve won.
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Everything you need is already inside.
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And there are cultural norms and traditional prohibitions. But eventually, the norms and traditions wear off, like painkillers. And then, the pain of raw government begins again.
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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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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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People do not get what they want or what they expect from the markets; they get what they deserve.
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You can forget about recovery. There is no recovery – and there’s not going to be any recovery. Recovery is an impossibility.
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To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.
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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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If at the end of a race you know yourself that you have done your best, you’re a winner.
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A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change.
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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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