"In training everyone focuses on 90% physical and 10% mental, but in the races its 90% mental because there's very little that separates us physically at the elite level"

-- Elka Graham

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“We're finally learning that it is not an either-or situation ... Feelings and learning and emotion are all very integral to each other.”
“Television won't last. It's a flash in the pan.”
“If God gave light and wisdom, the religion of Jesus was soon learned; but without God, a man might study all his life long, and make no proficiency.”

Source : ADONIRAM JUDSON (1854). “RECORDS OF THE LIFE, CHARACTER, AND ACHIEVEMENTS”, p.108
“The more injuries you get, the smarter you get.”

Source : "To Mikhail Baryshnikov, time is a great teacher". Interview with Barbara Isenberg, www.latimes.com. August 30, 2009.
“You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.”
“Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.”
“Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.”

Source : "To a Skylark" l. 88 (1819)
“It's true that most American citizens think of themselves as living in a democratic country. But when was the last time that any Americans actually sat down and came to a collective decision? Maybe if they are ordering pizzas, but basically never.”

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