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21 " I found the words to encourage myself: Focus on the next mile. Keep going. "
― Deena Kastor , Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
22 " You can't show love by hurting others "
23 " The pace was hard from the first mile to the finish and I had to use mental strategies to encourage myself the entire way. "
24 " Find a thought that serves you better. "
25 " If you believe you are fragile, the biochemistry of your body unquestionably obeys and manifests it. "
26 " If you believe you are fragile, the biochemistry of your body unquestionably obeys and manifests it. If you believe you are tough, irrespective of your weight and bone density, your body undeniably mirrors it. "
27 " primary methods of succeeding in hot conditions: (1) Acclimatize; train the body to handle heat. (2) Increase fluid intake, since sweat evaporation is the primary means of cooling; if the body cannot sweat, it loses its ability to cool itself. (3) Get fit; the fitter you are, the more efficient the body’s cooling system. "
28 " I saw perseverance, determination, and fearlessness. "
29 " There is no such thing as overtraining, just under resting. "
30 " Competitors can know your times and places. They can learn and guess at your race tactics. But your inner strength is where you gain a real advantage. And I felt mine growing. "
31 " What the mind sees and thinks, the body feels, and what the body feels, the mind, or at least the subconscious, learns. "
32 " once you develop a mental level of expectation, it stays with you. "