Athlete Quote by Irving Stone Download Open image “The writer ... an athlete required to break the four-minute mile every morning.” — Irving Stone ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Athlete Break Every morning Four Miles Minutes Morning Sports Writing
“The runner need not break four minutes in the mile or four hours in the marathon. It is only necessary that he runs and… — George Sheehan Copy Share Image
“A runner's high doesn't come from thinking about the end result, only of the moment, one step, one breath, one heartbeat at a time.… — C.J. Heck Copy Share Image
Whether we athletes liked it or not, the 4-minute mile had become rather like an Everest: a challenge to the human spirit, it was… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
“Starting your book is only the first five miles of a twenty-six-mile marathon that’s one-third of a triathlon (authoring, publishing, and entrepreneuring).” — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
“Roger Banister said his 4:03.6 mile in 1953 “made [him] realize that the four-minute mile was not out of reach.” Part of daring to… — Patrick Bet-David Copy Share Image
“A month earlier, twenty-six-year-old Zamperini had been one of the greatest runners in the world, expected by many to be the first to break… — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
The hard part is believing it can happen to you. Most likely, my runners will never achieve a 3-minute mile. I think they may… — Gerry Lindgren Copy Share Image
“There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream. -- Author unknown” — Shelley K. Wall Copy Share Image
“Exercise your genius so often that you live in a perpetual state of runners high.” — Curtis Tyrone Jones Copy Share Image
You cannot be the good all the time — sometimes it is necessary to get angry. [Vincent Van Gogh] — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
The brooding is better than the joy because even if the heart fills with happiness, it still mourns. — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
“From this vantage point he came to a realization that everything that had happened to him before this had been a journey upward through… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
Listen, my friend, all forms that exist in God's universe can be found in the human figure. A man's body and face can tell… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
You cannot be firmly certain about anything. You can only have enough courage and strength to do what you consider to be right. Maybe… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
“The fields that push up the corn, and the water that rushes down the ravine, the juice of the grape, and the life of… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
Reading is a stout-hearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness. It is also, in my experience, one of the most thrilling and enduring delights of… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him. — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
As a professional athlete and someone who has spent almost his entire life in boxing, not a day goes by when I don't think… — Oscar De La Hoya Copy Share Image
I'd noticed him watching me for a year or so, especially when we'd play games where there was running or jumping. — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
I have no physical genius about me. I can't dribble a ball and run at the same time, I can't do lay-ups - I'm… — Rich Mullins Copy Share Image
I think cricket is there in Usain Bolt's blood. Since I got to watch from close quarters, it was amazing to see him run… — Harbhajan Singh Copy Share Image
I think what bothers us about fighting sports isn't the damage to the athlete but the fact that you win by doing more harm… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
Athletes at all ages are bigger and stronger than ever before. And they are being encouraged - sometimes even incentivized, as we recently learned… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
I think life is full of challenges and problems. I don't believe that anyone is perfect. We all make mistakes. It's not a bed… — Nigel Mansell Copy Share Image
I'd never been much of an athlete, due to a physical condition I'd had since birth (unathleticism). Perhaps if there were a sport centered… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out. — Pat Riley Copy Share Image