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Experience has taught me how important it is to just keep going, focusing on running fast and relaxed. Eventually it passes and the flow returns. It's part of racing.
Frank Shorter
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Frank Shorter
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: October 31
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München
Frank Charles Shorter
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I admire runners older than I - they are now my heroes. I want to be like them as I grow older.
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The irony of that is, what makes it kind of ironic, is when you do become successful as a professional athlete in particular, a lot of the young children who are emulating these stars do have a different perspective.
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Yes, winning the gold medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career - mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience.
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I plan to be running as long as I can and have no plans to stop.
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Running a marathon is just like reading a good book. After a while you're just not conscious of the physical act of reading.
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I started in law school in '71 and graduated in '74. So I was training for the Olympics, running or averaging around 20 miles a day and going to law school full time.
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To put it another way, Michael Jordan was a gym rat.
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It is not the time spent with the child at their activity that is going to produce the highest level athlete. It is in supporting the child in an organized activity so the child can find what they truly like to do and let them go.
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There's obviously some validity to it. But I think it also points out that you obviously can do it on your own because people have been doing it long before they had the stuff.
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How did I know you ran a 4:30 mile in high school? That's easy. Everyone ran a 4:30 mile in high school.
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When you first run up First Avenue in New York, if you don't get goose bumps, theres something wrong with you.
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Why couldn't Pheidippides have died at 20 miles?
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There's always the feeling of getting stronger. I think that's what keeps me going.
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You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming.
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I think he had a wake-up call. It's a different kind of race, and I think maybe he didn't take it quite as seriously as he might have, but you can bet he learned a lot of lessons.
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