Want never goes away.

Comparing yourself to others...

Win or lose, doesn't matter. Fight hard. Earn respect.

Ikigai

I can see why people think that record cannot be clean. I work with international athletes who ask me all the time, 'Radcliffe must have taken drugs, you cannot run that fast, it's impossible.' And I always say I have 100% proof and confidence there is no doubt in my mind ... I've lived with Paula. You know athletes, you can get a sense of it ... Paula would check everything, in restaurants if she got up to go to the loo she would make sure Gary sat by her drinks in case anyone spiked anything, it was one of her big worries where would the bottles be stored the night before a race - could they be contaminated? That 2:15.25 is copper-sealed, a pure record. I can't say that about all the records out there, but I can put my hand on my heart and say it is the purest record out there and the best record.

Excellence is earned... 

Lay the groundwork now.

Golf Courses.

If you pay careful attention to the way Ikarians have lived their lives, it appears that a dozen subtly powerful, mutually enhancing and pervasive factors are at work. It’s easy to get enough rest if no one else wakes up early and the village goes dead during afternoon naptime. It helps that the cheapest, most accessible foods are also the most healthful — and that your ancestors have spent centuries developing ways to make them taste good. It’s hard to get through the day in Ikaria without walking up 20 hills. You’re not likely to ever feel the existential pain of not belonging or even the simple stress of arriving late. Your community makes sure you’ll always have something to eat, but peer pressure will get you to contribute something too. You’re going to grow a garden, because that’s what your parents did, and that’s what your neighbors are doing. You’re less likely to be a victim of crime because everyone at once is a busybody and feels as if he’s being watched. At day’s end, you’ll share a cup of the seasonal herbal tea with your neighbor because that’s what he’s serving. Several glasses of wine may follow the tea, but you’ll drink them in the company of good friends. On Sunday, you’ll attend church, and you’ll fast before Orthodox feast days. Even if you’re antisocial, you’ll never be entirely alone. Your neighbors will cajole you out of your house for the village festival to eat your portion of goat meat.

They stop calling it "Cross Country" after college.

When a Competitor Won't Let Me Pass...

You can't start the next chapter of your life if you keep rereading the ones that came before.