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.
BILL BONNERI still bother with runners I call hamburgers. They’re never going to run any record times. But they can fulfill their own potential.
More Bill Bonner Quotes
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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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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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If at the end of a race you know yourself that you have done your best, you’re a winner.
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Everything you need is already inside.
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Only simple ideas can be held by large groups of people. Commonly held ideas are almost always dumbed down until they are practically lies… and often dangerous ones.
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There’s no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.
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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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The athlete makes himself, the coach doesn’t make the athlete.
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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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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 real purpose of running isn’t to win a race, it’s to test the limits of the human heart.
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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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A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change.
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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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People do not get what they want or what they expect from the markets; they get what they deserve.
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