Many distance athletes use mantras to keep them whole during long workouts. Through repetition it is possible to derive a kind of strength from the right mantra, and sometimes a small push is all it takes. Some of my mantras are straightforward: “You’re almost there.” “Pain is temporary, quiting is permanent.” “You may be here [...]

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“It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly…who knows the [...]

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