quotes

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.

Henry Blofeld: Cricket

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

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.

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.

Dr. George Sheehan: Everyone’s an athlete

“Everyone’s an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not.”
—Dr. George Sheehan, physician, author, and runner.

Virender Sehwag: Air conditioner

“The husband’s condition at home is like an air-conditioner. How much ever noise outside, inside the house, cool, silent and remote-controlled.”

—Virender Sehwag.

Ashwini Nachappa: Happy by-product

“An Olympic medal is a happy by-product of a purposefully designed programme that begins in school. Starting, therefore, with an objective of winning medals is holding the wrong end of the stick. By thinking about winning medals first, we will never build a system that naturally and continually throws up great athletes.”

—Ashwini Nachappa.