Chris Boardman quotes
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“There simply is nothing else like it. And, as a test of physical and mental endurance it has no equal. Other sports may be as intense, as pressurized, as hard for short periods: But the Tour does on day after day after day. It's the only race in the world where you have to get a haircut halfway through.”
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“Suffering for eight hours...the most unpleasant experience I've ever had.”
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“By now, we have learnt that game-changing ideas do not come from experts, they come from people who haven't got a clue and ask stupid questions.”
-- Chris Boardman
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“Remember that sports are meant to be fun. Don't let someone make the sport unfun for you.”
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“Basketball is my favorite sport, and I'm also a very passionate football fan.”
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“I have the impression that cycling is no longer a game but rather an employment... a job.”
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Source : Abdus Salam, C. H. Lai, Azim Kidwai (1989). “Ideals and Realities: Selected Essays of Abdus Salam”, p.374, World Scientific
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“Thus would I double my life's fading space;For he that runs it well, runs twice his race.”
Source : Abraham Cowley, T. Sprat (1721). “Poems and other pieces published by the late Lord Bishop of Rochester; with some account of his life and writings”, p.719
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“The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.”
Source : As quoted in "Road Signs for Success" y Jim Whitt, (p. 61), 1993.
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