Renato Canova quotes

Renato Canova quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“If you want to be a top athlete you have to be a little bit wild, not be an accountant.”
-- Renato Canova

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“One thing is sure: if you want running fast in competition, you must run fastÂ in training. The problem is WHEN and HOW, not IF.”
-- Renato Canova

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“I wish I was a better athlete. That would have been a little cooler, being a great boxer and walking into a room and going: "I can knock everybody out!" That's a good feeling.”
“The power of the human will to compete and the drive to excel beyond the body's normal capabilities is most beautifully demonstrated in the arena of sport.”
“Carl Yastrzemski was the best all-around player. He could run, throw and hit. He had the ability to play a number of different positions. He signed as a shortstop. He could play the outfield, of course, and third base and first, too. He was a tremendous athlete. Mickey Mantle was unbelievable, too.”
“I think there is no better way to invite a human being to view their body differently than by inviting them to be an athlete, by revering one's body as an instrument rather than just an ornament.”
“Dancers are the athletes of God.”
“We like to see death as an unfair conspiracy, and what we want is a magic practitioner, a combination of Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes.”
“God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.”
“Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want.”
“Luke, I don't want to discourage your curiosity, but I have to remind you, if something goes wrong, this is an exceptionally embarassing way to die." Mara”
“I'm portable. I carry a laptop and a little recording studio on my back.”

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