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"A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play."
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"Sports for me is: S for Skill, P for Perseverance, O for Optimism, R for Resilience, T for Tenacity, S for Stamina"
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Personal Development
"Manny has swung with many men, but many men never seen Manny's blissful swing."
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Personal Development
"Behind an able Indian Cricket Team there is always able Sachin Tendulkar."
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Personal Development
"For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions."
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Personal Development
"The day they put me in the net I had a good game. I've stayed there since."
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"I don't recall your name but you sure were a sucker for a high inside curve."
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Personal Development
"Nixon was a bad loser. He hated losing worse than death, and that is why I enjoyed him. We were both football fans, both addicts; and on some days, nothing else mattered."
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Personal Development
"To be involved in a senior tournament back in the States is very satisfying."
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"Contrary to what the fans may think, you don't just show up, wear a striped shirt and a whistle on Friday night."
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"The results would have stayed on the watch face until the batteries died. But trying to make time stand still this way would have been a mistake. It is just as important to erase times eventually as to save them at first."
Time
"Our favorite: a former garbage dump converted into a riverside park. I first ran there more than 30 years ago when a marathon passed through this park that later became home to Pre's Trail."
Home
"Speed eventually neared its peak. The records forced me to work ever harder to drop a less and less time. These time trials came to feel like races, which are fun to run sporadically but not daily."
Time
"The natural urge when running a distance is to push harder and finish sooner - to race against time. Every second behind a deadline is a little defeat."
Time
"These thieves defend themselves by saying, 'I was there all the time, and the officials missed me.' Favorite excuses for missing surveillance checkpoints: jacket covered the number took off the shirt with the number hidden in a crowd."
Time
"This act demonstrates graphically a turning away the past and moving ahead. You now get to refresh your time in a friendly way by running with the watch instead of against it or away from it."
Time
"When running to fill a time quota, however, the reverse happens. You can't make that time pass any faster by rushing, so you settle into a pace that feels right to you at the moment. Each minute above a quota is a little victory."
Time
"That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile."
Time
"The hours, minutes and seconds stand as visible reminders that your effort put them all there. Preserve until your next run, when the watch lets you see how Impermanent your efforts are."
Effort
"Buzz has reduced my range. Running safely with him means using fewer and shorter routes, with multiple laps per day or multiple returns there per week. Neither of us minds repeating ourselves. This is what runners do."
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