Amiability is very often a weakness, but the most unobjectionable one as a rule.
A coach can be like oasis in the desert of a runner's lost enthusiasm.
The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.
A runners creed: I will win; if I cannot win, I shall be second; if I cannot be second, I shall be third; if I cannot place at all, I shall still do my best.
I still have the same hunger like I did 20 years ago but it's a different sort of reflection when you lose. It doesn't hurt you as much because I feel like I've had a good career.
When I cannot read, when I cannot think, when I cannot even pray, I can trust.
Whamming someone smaller than oneself in order to teach that person civilized behavior is not within Miss Manners' concept of propriety, much less logic.
Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?. . . Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom.
I don't think you can be a credible, modern candidate for president without making the environment a major part of your platform.