Rod Milburn quotes
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“You must see yourself run the race over and over, time and time again. You must put yourself in critical positions and see how you would react in those positions before the race so when and if they do happen, the feedback is automatic.”
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“I never really worried about those hurdles. They were just standing there, and I was always zooming past them just to get back on the ground again.”
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“When your timing is off, so is your stride. When your cadence is off, you're in deep trouble as a hurdler.”
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“I used to get so comfortable running the hurdles, I was just like a ballet dancer going out there and going through the routines.”
-- Rod Milburn -
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“A good hurdler has to be completely familiar with everything that goes on so if something happens he can automatically make an adjustment.”
-- Rod Milburn
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“Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.”
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“Science, in the very act of solving problems, creates more of them.”
Source : Abraham Flexner (1994). “Universities: American, English, German”, p.19, Transaction Publishers
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“He wasn't what sent me running. He was what had made me want to stay.”
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“On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.”
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