from Runners on Running
"Each day I take to the roads as a beginner, a child, a poet. . . .
There is the theater where I can write and act out my own dreams."
—George Sheehan, “Running”
"Any friendship that is based on running is, in essence, about accrual—of time, of miles, of intimacy built over a lot of small steps forward."
—Sara Corbett, "Someone to Run With"
"The mind is a dominant force in any athlete’s life and it monitors his every motion, controls his every emotion, allows him superlative productions one night, damns him to embarrassing incompetence the next. It is whimsical, ornery, unpredictable, fractious, inconsistent, easily influenced, controlled with difficulty, and a friend only to those who have attained superiority at their jobs."
--Marty Liquori & Skip Myslenski, "The Dream Mile"
"Those last few seconds seemed never-ending. The faint line of the finishing tape stood ahead as a haven of peace, after the struggle. The arms of the world were waiting to receive me if only I reached the tape without slackening my speed."
--Roger Bannister, "Four-Minute Mile"
"Each day I take to the roads as a beginner, a child, a poet. . . .
There is the theater where I can write and act out my own dreams."
—George Sheehan, “Running”
"Any friendship that is based on running is, in essence, about accrual—of time, of miles, of intimacy built over a lot of small steps forward."
—Sara Corbett, "Someone to Run With"
"The mind is a dominant force in any athlete’s life and it monitors his every motion, controls his every emotion, allows him superlative productions one night, damns him to embarrassing incompetence the next. It is whimsical, ornery, unpredictable, fractious, inconsistent, easily influenced, controlled with difficulty, and a friend only to those who have attained superiority at their jobs."
--Marty Liquori & Skip Myslenski, "The Dream Mile"
"Those last few seconds seemed never-ending. The faint line of the finishing tape stood ahead as a haven of peace, after the struggle. The arms of the world were waiting to receive me if only I reached the tape without slackening my speed."
--Roger Bannister, "Four-Minute Mile"
