sports

Jemele Hill: Two-fold resentment

“When it comes to sports, women are big targets for abuse because the resentment is two-fold. Some resent us for our confidence and beliefs. But there also is an added resentment because we are supposedly infiltrating a space that has been decidedly male.”

—Jemele Hill.

Steve Prefontaine: Work of art

“A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways as they’re capable of understanding.”

—Steve Prefontaine.

Rahul Dravid: Never alone

“No dream is ever chased alone.”

— Rahul Dravid.

Sanjay Manjrekar: Tipping

“The strong tipping culture in America can be unsettling for outsiders, but you see the sense of it after a while. It really is a ‘performance incentive scheme’ for their staff. Basic salary is average; but if you serve your customers well, make them happy, you take home a good salary.”

—Sanjay Manjrekar.

Henry Blofeld: Cricket

“One-day cricket is an exhibition. Test cricket is an examination.”
—Henry Blofeld.

Sadiq Khan: Stick with it

“There is a calmness and focus running brings, and it’s not just beneficial for physical health, but mental health too. Stick with it and it can change your life.” – Sadiq Khan, runner and mayor of London.

Robert Pirsig: Equilibrium

“If you become restless, speed up. If you become winded, slow down. You climb the mountain in a equilibrium between restlessness and exhaustion.” – Robert Pirsig, author and philosopher.

Florence Griffith Joyner and John Hanc: Running

“We run because it makes us feel like winners, no matter how slow or how fast we go.”

—Florence Griffith Joyner and John Hanc, Running for Dummies. 

Sarah Lesko: Aging

“I believe in aging. And aging in a badass way.”
—Sarah Lesko, runner and family doctor.

Bernd Heinrich: Gentle yet wild

“There is nothing quite so gentle, deep, and irrational as our running—and nothing quite so savage, and so wild.”
—Bernd Heinrich, biologist, author and runner.