The real purpose of running isn’t to win a race, it’s to test the limits of the human heart.
BILL BONNERNorman Rockwell spent his career painting pictures that helped people understand their own feelings…pictures that enriched their own experiences and celebrated their own lives.
More Bill Bonner Quotes
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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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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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Don’t give anything away. Never make it easy for the guys you are trying to beat.
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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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Victory is in having done your best. If you’ve done your best, you’ve won.
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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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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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To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.
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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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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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If you have a body, you are an athlete!
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The athlete makes himself, the coach doesn’t make the athlete.
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There is no bad weather, just soft runners.
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There’s no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.
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A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils.
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