"An athlete who tells you the training is always easy and always fun simply hasn't been there. Goals can be elusive which makes the difficult journey all the more rewarding."

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Alberto Salazar

#Fun Quotes #Athlete Quotes #Journey Quotes

“Words are the vibrations of nature. Therefore, beautiful words create beautiful nature. Ugly words create ugly nature. This is the root of the universe.”
“I like not thinking when I am working. I thrive on that feeling of attempting to move on total instinct and inner feelings... that to me is "soul"; soul music. Almost everyone else uses a great deal of thought processes... they are idea men.”
“I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down.”
“I smashed his hand as hard as I could with the Wiffle bat. "Ow!" he screamed. Carson was rubbing his red palm, inspecting it for damage. "That hurt," he shrieked. "You really hurt me." "Right back at you," I said. "Good-bye Carson." He frowned, massaging his hand, the big baby. "I just wanted to end this nicely." "Yeah?" I cocked the bat up to hit him again. "Well, this time you don't get what you want.”
“It takes a lot of doing to die.”
“God's given me so much talent, and my height doesn't define my skill set. I believe that God has given me a right arm, and for some reason, even though I'm 5'11, to be able to make the throws and make great decisions on the field and all that.”
“She [my mother] gave me permission to wonder, to dawdle, to daydream.”
“First Amendment speech and press rights may also be subordinated to the overriding need to wage war successfully.”

Source : "Obama releases internal Bush Justice Department memos" by Terry Frieden, www.cnn.com. March 2, 2009.

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