Mark Warkentin quotes

“Some coaches are on power trips. I've never needed somebody to tell me I'm not working hard enough.”
-- Mark Warkentin

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“You're either an Olympian or not in swimming.”
-- Mark Warkentin

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“I couldn't beat Michael Phelps. A couple of years ago, I was racing against him and it just kinda dawned on me during the race that there was no chance I was gonna beat this guy. And so I said, if you can't beat him, find a race that he won't swim.”
-- Mark Warkentin

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“There's a cardinal rule that you don't talk about sharks. If you don't see it, it's not there.”
-- Mark Warkentin

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“I wanted a T-shirt that says 'USA National Team'. It turned out to be a very smart decision.”
-- Mark Warkentin

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“Brains first and then Hard Work.”

“My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh -- anything but work.”

“The fact that people who create are good workers tends to be lost.”

“O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out.”

“What luck for rulers that men do not think.”

“There was a moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a profession, which is to write even when you don't want to, don't much like what you're writing, and aren't writing particularly well”

“Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.”

“When the journey's over/There'll be time enough to sleep.”

Source : 'A Shropshire Lad' (1896) no. 4

“The best technology is aimed far enough in the future that it stands out, but close enough to the present that it blends in.”

“I'm not often bored,' I assured her. "Life's not long enough for that.”