"I run to be known as the greatest runner, the greatest of all time. I could not eat or sleep for a week after I lost in the (1992) Olympics. I have to win or die."

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Source : "An Exclusive Club". Interview with Gary Smith, www.si.com. June 27, 1994.

Noureddine Morceli

#Running Quotes #Sleep Quotes #Winning Quotes

“If you ask [my brother Frank Shamrock], I smoke crack, I do ***** and I cut myself (to get out of the Kimbo Slice fight). I mean you name it, I've done it -- just ask him.”
“There is a loneliness that can be rocked. Arms crossed, knees drawn up, holding, holding on, this motion, unlike a ship's, smooths and contains the rocker. It's an inside kind--wrapped tight like skin. Then there is the loneliness that roams. No rocking can hold it down. It is alive. On its own. A dry and spreading thing that makes the sound of one's own feet going seem to come from a far-off place.”
“Movements have narratives. They tell stories, because they are not just about rearranging economics and politics. They also rearrange meaning. And they're not just about redistributing the goods. They're about figuring out what is good.”
“Have more than you show, Speak less than you know.”

Source : William Shakespeare, Alfred Leslie Rowse (1984). “King Lear: modern text with introduction”, Univ Pr of Amer
“I'd love to cook. It's something I've got into since I've grown older. I'm mates with Jamie Oliver and he's been a real inspiration. I've cooked for Jamie a few times - most people are too frightened to cook for him. Chefs are really easy to cook for. They're just pleased not to be the one who's cooking.”

Source : Source: www.mirror.co.uk
“If differences can be hidden, perhaps they aren't differences at all.”
“Human judgment is notoriously fallible and perhaps seldom more so than in facile decisions that a character has no adaptive significance because we do not know the use of it.”
“The greatest dishes are very simple.”

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