If you have a body, you are an athlete!
BILL BONNERBoth 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.
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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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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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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God determines how fast you’re going to run; I can help only with the mechanics.
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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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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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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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Neither limits nor adversity are what ruin men. Under pressure, they handle themselves pretty well. It’s the lack of limits they can’t handle. That’s when they run amok. So, if you really want to see what a man is made of let him think he can get away with something.
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There is no bad weather, just soft runners.
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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 there is one thing that marks families with money in the long term it is this: delayed gratification.
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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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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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None 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.
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