

“On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit. And you then go for this limit and you touch this limit, and you think, 'Okay, this is the limit'. And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.”
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“Fascination with horses predated every other single thing I knew. Before I was a mother, before I was a writer, before I knew the facts of life, before I was a schoolgirl, before I learned to read, I wanted a horse.”
― A Year at the Races: Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money, and Luck
― A Year at the Races: Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money, and Luck
“Winning has nothing to do with racing. Most days don't have races anyway. Winning is about struggle and effort and optimism, and never, ever, ever giving up.”
― The Runner's Guide to the Meaning of Life
― The Runner's Guide to the Meaning of Life
“Running a race assigns a point to a sport that often feels very pointless. It's an exuberant payoff to months of tedium. It's a way of crafting an end boss for a particularly cumbersome video game. It's a fun, monstrous reason to keep putting one foot in front of the other. So, do yourself a favor: go build a monster.”
― The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances (Volume 5)
― The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances (Volume 5)
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