--- title: "4 Normal person Quotes By Garth Stein" description: "4 Normal person quotes by Garth Stein. Plus more from Garth Stein and more Normal person sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/782/garth-stein-1965_grand-prix_often-things-happen-to-race-cars-in-the_273368.jpg" --- > [“Often things happen to race cars in the heat of the race. A square-toothed gear in a transmission may break, suddenly leaving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/often-things-happen-to-race-cars-in-the-heat-of-the-race-a-square/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/782/garth-stein-1965_grand-prix_often-things-happen-to-race-cars-in-the_273368.jpg) > [“To be able to possess a machine in such a way is the ultimate show of determination and awareness. It makes one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/to-be-able-to-possess-a-machine-in-such-a-way-is-the-ultimate-show-of/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fc/garth-stein-1965_awareness_to-be-able-to-possess-a-machine-in-such_615684.png) > [“a true champion can accomplish things that a normal person would think impossible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/a-true-champion-can-accomplish-things-that-a-normal-person-would/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/garth-stein-1965_champion_a-true-champion-can-accomplish-things-th_1173270.png) > [It makes one realize that the physicality if our world is a boundary to us only if our will is weak; a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/it-makes-one-realize-that-the-physicality-if-our-world-is-a-boundary/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/garth-stein-1965_accomplish_it-makes-one-realize-that-the-physicalit_1228634.png) ## Other authors on Normal person ## More by Garth Stein > [What I want now is what I've always wanted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/what-i-want-now-is-what-i-ve-always-wanted/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [“Man's closest relative is not the chimpanzee, as the TV people believe, but is, in fact, the dog. "Enzo" I admire the female sex.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/man-s-closest-relative-is-not-the-chimpanzee-as-the-tv-people-believe/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [“There is no dishonor in losing the race, Don said. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose. ~p 227”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/there-is-no-dishonor-in-losing-the-race-don-said-there-is-only/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [It’s so hard to communicate because there are so many moving parts. There’s presentation and there’s interpretation and they’re so dependent on each other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/it-s-so-hard-to-communicate-because-there-are-so-many-moving-parts/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [“This is what I love to do: I love to run through a field of wet grass that has not been mowed recently, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/this-is-what-i-love-to-do-i-love-to-run-through-a-field-of-wet-grass/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/there-is-no-dishonor-in-losing-the-race-there-is-only-dishonor-in-not/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [In racing, they say that your car goes where your eyes go. The driver who cannot tear his eyes away from the wall as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/in-racing-they-say-that-your-car-goes-where-your-eyes-go-the-driver/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [When I return to the world, I will be a man. I will walk among you. I will lick my lips with my small,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/when-i-return-to-the-world-i-will-be-a-man-i-will-walk-among-you-i/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [My soul has learned what it came to learn, and all the other things are just things. We can't have everything we want. Sometimes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/my-soul-has-learned-what-it-came-to-learn-and-all-the-other-things/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [I hear hundreds of years of life. I hear wind and rain and fire and beetles. I hear the seasons changing and birds and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/i-hear-hundreds-of-years-of-life-i-hear-wind-and-rain-and-fire-and/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [“What I have always liked best is when he talks about having no memory. No memory of things he'd done just a second before.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/what-i-have-always-liked-best-is-when-he-talks-about-having-no-memory/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [“Know who is driving next to you. Any problems that may occur have ultimately been caused by you, because you are responsible for where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/know-who-is-driving-next-to-you-any-problems-that-may-occur-have/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [“Pretend you are a dog like me and listen to other people rather than steal their stories.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/pretend-you-are-a-dog-like-me-and-listen-to-other-people-rather-than/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [That which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/that-which-we-manifest-is-before-us-we-are-the-creators-of-our-own/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) > [The race is long. It is better to drive within oneself and finish the race behind the other than it is to drive too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/the-race-is-long-it-is-better-to-drive-within-oneself-and-finish-the/) [Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/normal-person/garth-stein/#itemlist", "name": "4 Normal person Quotes By Garth Stein", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Often things happen to race cars in the heat of the race. A square-toothed gear in a transmission may break, suddenly leaving the driver without all of his gears. Or perhaps a clutch fails. Brakes go soft from overheating. Suspensions break. When faced with one of these problems, the poor driver crashes. The average driver gives up. The great drivers drive through the problem. 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