"I'm retiring from competitive running, not from running. You cannot stop running, this is my life,"

-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Running Quotes #Retiring Quotes

“India has sanctioned phenomenal injustices for years and years and years. And normalized it. There is no understanding of what it means to be born into a class that has been denied basic human dignity for generations and generations.”
“First of all; Frank was the BOSS. We didn't question any of his motives or decisions at the time.”

Source : Jimmy Carl Black Interview by Stephen Moore in Munich, Germany, www.stevemoorebooks.com. March 29, 2000.
“My daughter is a freshman in college and my son is - well, our daughter and our son - is a sophomore in college. So they come home on selected weekends, they come home on vacations and they're home in the summer, although they have jobs.”
“And this ain't no place for the weary kind This ain't no place to lose your mind This ain't no place to fall behind Pick up your crazy heart and give it one more try”

Source : Song: The Weary Kind
“Not just beautiful, though â€” the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And theyâ€™re watching me. What Iâ€™ve up till now, what Iâ€™m going to do â€” they know it all. Nothing gets past their watchful eyes. As I sit there under the shining night sky, again a violent fear takes hold of me. My heartâ€™s pounding a mile a minute, and I can barely breathe. All these millions of stars looking down on me, and Iâ€™ve never given them more than a passing thought before. Not just the stars â€” how many other things havenâ€™t I noticed in the world, things I know nothing about?”
“Ministry in no way is a privilege...it is the core of the Christian life. No Christian is a Christian without being a minister.”
“Self knowers always dwell in El Dorado; they drink from the fountain of youth, and at all times owners of all they wish to enjoy.”

Source : Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Claude M. Bristol (2015). “Magic of Believing Collection”, p.48, Lulu.com
“I am infinitely grateful to the life which privileged me.”

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