"In the midst of an ordinary training day, I try to remind myself that I am preparing for the extraordinary."

--

Source : Twitter post from Mar 20, 2013

Shalane Flanagan

#Training Quotes #Trying Quotes #Ordinary Quotes

“If youâ€™re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel â€“ as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them â€“ wherever you go.”
“I don't know where I'm going to be in three years. Because I have the feeling that the future is so full of possibilities, to stop being an actress, to do something else... for me, the future is just a huge bunch of discoveries.”

Source : Interview, www.aboutfilm.com.
“I mean at the end of the day, we are still brothers [with Malcolm Subban]. But I'm also getting paid to score goals so he better watch that glove side, because I like to go glove side. I know he thinks he's got a hot glove but I'm going to have to try and expose it.”

Source : Source: www.complex.com
“The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.”
“I'm afraid to do theater now.”
“Prepare to live by all means, but for Heaven's sake do not forget to live.”
“Everything seems an echo of something else.”

Source : Robert Penn Warren, John Burt (1998). “The Collected Poems of Robert Penn Warren”, p.325, LSU Press
“I asked the Zebra, are you black with white stripes? Or white with black stripes? And the zebra asked me, Are you good with bad habits? Or are you bad with good habits? Are you noisy with quiet times? Or are you quiet with noisy times? Are you happy with some sad days? Or are you sad with some happy days? Are you neat with some sloppy ways? Or are you sloppy with some neat ways? And on and on and on and on and on and on he went. Iâ€™ll never ask a zebra about stripes...again.”

Source : Shel Silverstein, “Who Does She Think She Is....”

You may also like:

Alan Webb
Olympic athlete
Amy Hastings
Track and field athlete
Bernard Lagat
Olympic athlete
Chris Solinsky
Dathan Ritzenhein
Deena Kastor
Olympic athlete
Desiree Linden
Runner
Kara Goucher
Olympic athlete
Meb Keflezighi
Olympic athlete