Quotes from Chris Lear

In many ways, a race is analogous to life itself. Once it is over, it can not be re-created. All that is left are inpressions in the heart, and in the mind.

In a sport that demands compulsion, sometimes the hardest task is having the confidence to rest.

The right stuff' on this level, he says, is some combination of these four qualities: talent, durability, determination, and courage.

Bat asks Goucher if his leg is good, and Goucher shrugs. All right. Good or all right? All right enough. Batliner has been through the ringer enough, so he gives Goucher some advice he hopes Goucher will heed, Be brave enough to call it early.