It just hasn’t gotten weird enough for me yet.
– Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Here are a few of my favorites:
“Those things that hurt, instruct.” --Benjamin Franklin
“A good way to judge people is by observing how they treat those who can do them absolutely no good.” – unknown –
“Our bodies are our gardens - our wills are our gardeners” – William Shakespeare
“If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you’ve never tried before.” --Steven Wright
“A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even practices it without any hope of doing it well.” - G. K. Chesterton
“It is a pity for a man to grow old and never know the strength and endurance of which the body is capable.” – Socrates
“If you don’t think you’re going too slow, then you’re probably going too fast.” --Anon
“Only those who risk going too far can possibly find how far they can go.” --T.S. Elliot
“Know for a certainty that, that once the gun goes off, all your nervousness will evaporate and, in very short order, will prove to be the least of your worries.” --Lee Gruenfeld
“If you wish to be out front, act as if you were behind.”
lao tso (or something like that)
“You get to see, in a non-lethal environment, what you and your friends are made of”
John Collins, describing why he founded the Ironman
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From an attractive woman passing me on the run at Ironman Fla.
“is that a glow stick in your racebelt, or are you just glad to see me?”
made my race! ted3
“So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself – nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” - FDR
“And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you–ask what you can do for your country.” - JFK
“No Sniveling” - on the seatstay of a friend’s tandem
“Youth is wasted on the Young” - George Bernard Shaw
“I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet.” - Anonymous
“Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.” - Jesus
Bob from Davis, California, offers this ulta cycling tip: “You have to ask yourself three questions. One. Am I bleeding from my eye sockets? Two. Am I projectile vomiting? Three. Are organs that are meant to be on the inside of my body on the outside? If you can’t answer ‘yes’ to any of those questions, get back on your bike and keep riding!”
Woman (to Winston Churchill): If you were my husband, I’d poison your drink!
Churchill: Madame, if you were my wife I’d drink it!
GJB- sorry about my more recent, and very similar member name.
Here’s another Winston (paraphrased) quote for you anyway, also involving a woman:
Woman - “Egad, you’re drunk!”
WC - " By morning I shall be sober. You however, will still be ugly."
Another Churchhill:
“If you’re going through hell, keep going”
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…and , The Golden Rule:
“Therefore all that you wish men to do to you, even so do also to them.” Matthew 7:12
I always try to keep this one as a motto. How about the way we treat fellow competitors, race volunteers, etc. Sometimes in the heat of it I really need this stamped on my forehead!
I drank what?!?!
- Socrates
Hey, GBJ, it’s all good baby! Though I did do a double-take the first time I saw one of your posts!
Nice to meet ya.
Mine? Why open your mouth and prove yourself a fool when you can keep your mouth closed and make them wonder.randall
The key to endurance racing is summed up in a Funkadelic song/album title: Free your mind and your a** will follow.
“Ultimately, our greatest adversaries are our own perceived limitations.” (I said that in a rare moment of brilliance but probably stole it subconsciously from somewhere).
“What we do in life echoes in eternity” Maximus Aeroilius in “Gladiator”.
“It’s easy to shine when things are easy. Anyone can do that. It’s when things are tough that you really have a chance to shine. Like when you’re cold, wet and tired. That’s when you can really rise above and shine.” Corporal Wiley, 3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Infantry, 1984.
I keep this quote on the cover of my training diary:
“THE PAIN OF DISCIPLINE WEIGHS OUNCES, BUT THE PAIN OF NEGLECT WEIGHS TONS”-Arno Jannsen
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We had this quote posted above the door of our boathouse, back when i rowed:
“Pain is temporary, pride is forever.”
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Another one from Steven Wright:
“Some people are afraid of heights, I’m afraid of widths.”
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More of my favorites…
“I must confess, I could use some rest…I can’t run at this pace very long” J Buffet
“Its quite insane, I think it hurts my brain, but I cleans me out then I can go on” J Buffet
“If we couldn’t laugh we would all go insane”