"In running it is man against himself, the cruelest of opponents. The other runners are not the real enemies. His adversary lies within him, in his ability with brain and heart to master himself and his emotions."

-- Glenn Cunningham

#Running Quotes #Lying Quotes #Real Quotes

“I thought 'How can I stop playing or give myself an excuse to stop playing? So I snapped my cue on Friday. It was quite fun doing it. It's gone.”
“I wanted to make a human monster. His name is Coffin Baby. The idea is based on a group of people from Pasadena whose names I can't mention. His mother died and during the funeral, this baby came out of her in the coffin”
“I'm the goofball. I'm the person cracking people up.”
“All those [events in history] were such dramas as we see now, only with different actors.”
“If this goes badly and I make a crater, I want it named after me!”

Source : Iain M. Banks (2008). “Against A Dark Background”, p.199, Hachette UK
“Stay put in the hard places, and you'll eventually rest upon the mountaintop.”
“I have always viewed thinking about arguing, about questioning, pushing back with, joking, about sharing and discovering the world and the news as enjoyable, the same way that I view watching basketball.”
“I want to be a traveling circus in that big-league uniform, like everybody else.”

You may also like:

Avery Brundage
Olympic athlete
Herb Elliott
Olympic athlete
Jack Lovelock
Olympic athlete
Jesse Owens
Olympic athlete
Jim Ryun
American Politician
John Landy
Olympic athlete
Jules Ladoumegue
Roger Bannister
Athlete
Ron Clarke
Athlete