Steve Ovett quotes
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“The decathlon is nine Mickey Mouse events and the 1500 metres.”
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“Sometimes I run and I don't even feel the effort of running. I don't even feel the ground. I'm just drifting. Incredible feeling. All the agony and frustration, they're all justified by one moment like that”
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“You find out a lot about yourself through athletics. If you're cut out to be a winner or a failure or a quitter, athletics will bring it out of you. You're always stripping yourself down to the bones of your personality. And sometimes you just get a glimpse of the kind of talent you've been given. Sometimes I run and I don't even feel the effort of running. I don't even feel the ground. I'm just drifting. Incredible feeling. All the agony and frustration, they're all justified by one moment like that.”
-- Steve Ovett -
“There is no path I follow. I feel as if I'm just drifting along, because although I can progress physically, through my training, mentally and spiritually I don't know what the hell I'm doing. It's like that car sticker: 'Don't follow me, I'm lost'.”
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“My father was a great fan of the horses. His only regret was that I never ran in the Grand National.”
-- Steve Ovett
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“If you do not give the tenth part to God, he will take the nine parts.”
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Source : A. R. Ammons (1996). “Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues”, Univ of Michigan Pr
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Source : "The Manipulator" by Jane Mayer, www.newyorker.com. June 7, 2004.
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