Quotes About Mindset

this ninety-five-year-old man came hiking twenty-five miles over the mountain. Know why he could do it? Because no one ever told him he couldn't. No one ever told him he oughta be off dying somewhere in an old age home. You live up to your own expectations...

The Handy Hammer Syndrome, in which the hammer in your hand makes everything look like a nail.

Coach Vigil believed you had to become a strong person before you could become a strong runner. So

this ninety-five-year-old man came hiking twenty-five miles over the mountain. Know why he could do it? Because no one ever told him he couldn't. No one ever told him he oughta be off dying somewhere in an old age home. You live up to your own expectations, man.

Lesson two,' Caballo called. 'Think Easy, Light, Smooth, and Fast. You start with easy, because if that's all you get's that's not so bad. Then work on light. Make it effortless, like you don't give a shit how high the hill is or how far you've got to go.

Strictly by accident, Scott stumbled upon the most advanced weapon in the ultrarunner's arsenal: instead of cringing from fatigue, you embrace it. You refuse to let it go. You get to know it so well, you're not afraid of it anymore.

Think Easy, Light, Smooth, and Fast. You start with easy, because if that's all you get, that's not so bad. Then work on light. Make it effortless, like you don't give a shit how high the hill is or how far you've got to go. When you've practiced that so long that you forget you're practicing, you work on making it smooooooth. You won't have to worry about the last one—you get those three, and you'll be fast.

Sí, pero somos lentos". Estaban centrándose en la velocidad y no alcanzaban a entender que la resistencia podía ser una ventaja.»

Jenni ha sido una mujer dura desde entonces que corre millas y millas incluso en esos días en que la nieve cubre todo Idaho. Quizá, de alguna manera, esté automedicándose contra problemas profundamente arraigados, pero quizá (parafraseando a Bill Clinton) no había nada de malo en Jenni que no pudiera ser arreglado por lo que Jenni tenía de bueno.

Anatoly Karpov, his by-the-book opponent, was too conservative to pressure Kasparov early in the game, so Kasparov put the pressure on himself with a Queen's Gambit—and won.

Make friends with pain, and you will never be alone. —KEN CHLOUBER, Colorado miner and creator of

them. "The Goddess of Wisdom and the Goddess of Wealth. Everyone thinks they need to get wealth first, and wisdom will come. So they concern themselves with chasing money. But they have it backwards. You have to give your heart to the Goddess of Wisdom, give her all your love and attention, and the Goddess of Wealth will become jealous, and follow you." Ask nothing from your running, in other words, and you'll get more than you ever imagined.

You don't stop running because you get old, the Dipsea Demon always said. You get old because you stop running… .

Make friends with pain, and you will never be alone.

To move into the lead means making an act requiring fierceness and confidence," Roger Bannister once noted. "But fear must play some part … no relaxation is possible, and all discretion is thrown to the wind.

Mira, tengo malas noticias —dijo—. No vas a ganar. Sin importar lo que hagas, vas a estar ahí fuera todo el día. Así que lo mejor será que te relajes, te tomes tu tiempo y lo disfrutes. Quédate con esto en la cabeza: si sientes que requiere demasiado esfuerzo, es que estás esforzándote más de la cuenta.

I just don't think I'm built for running fifty miles," I said. "Everyone is built for running," he said.

uno debe convertirse en una persona fuerte antes de convertirse en un corredor fuerte.

There are two goddesses in your heart," [Coach Vigil] told them." "The Goddess of Wisdom and the Goddess of Wealth. Everyone thinks they need to get wealth first, and wisdom will come. So they concern themselves with chasing money. But they have it backwards. You have to give your heart to the Goddess of Wisdom, give her all your love and attention, and the Goddess of Wealth will become jealous, and follow you.

Wars are won in the mind before they can be won on the field.

It's funny how we hate to face realities. I knew a commuter once who rode in town every day on the 8.13. But he used to call it the 7.73. He said it made him feel more virtuous.

It's amazing what you can accomplish when you set aside your ego.

Wise? No, I simply learned to think.

The monsters of the mind are far worse than those that actually exist.