Meb Quotes

But I also realize that winning doesn't always mean getting first place; it means getting the best out of yourself.

I'm either on the cusp of greatness or the edge of insanity.

But I also realize that winning doesn't always mean getting first place; it means getting the best out of yourself. One of my greatest joys is inspiring other people to perform at their best.

Most of us have enough areas in our lives where we have to meet others’ expectations. Let your running be about your own hopes and dreams.

One way the marathon is different from other races is that its lessons often have parallels in the rest of life. The patience needed to master the marathon is a transferable skill. Taking the long view, putting in the unglamorous daily work, finding joy in the process, saving something for the inevitable challenges—these traits have helped me be a better husband, father, brother, and friend.

Simply that “run to win” isn’t about finishing first, but about getting the best out of yourself.

To still your mind , first still your tongue.

More than any other event, the marathon is about tenacity, durability, and trying daily to get the best out of yourself.

The right to free speech is not the right to be heard.

RACING IS like graduation day. It’s the opportunity to put all your hard work toward giving 100 percent, physically and mentally. Like a lot of runners, I like to train, but I love to race.

We runners pride ourselves on our perseverance. We see things through despite pain and fatigue. Usually sticking it out is the right choice—those negative feelings are almost always temporary sensations along the road to meeting our goals. Getting past those bad patches makes our accomplishments that much sweeter.

love reflecting on what I’ve done and on how it will help me in the future. And in that afterglow, I’m motivated to do other positive things for my long-term health. I want to stretch. I want to do my core workout. I want to eat well. A whole healthy lifestyle springs from just getting out the door. Going for even a short run makes me appreciate how fortunate I am to be able to do this amazing activity—and have fun while I’m doing it.

IF YOU’RE like me, you appreciate how running improves your life. You like how you feel while you’re running and after a run. You like being healthier and more in control of your destiny. You like the camaraderie and the time alone. You like being outside enjoying nature. You like pushing yourself and the satisfaction that comes from working toward a goal. You like how clear-cut it is, how you get out of it what you put into it. You like that you get to do it on your terms, as casually or seriously as you want. You simply like telling yourself, “I’m a runner.

ONE OF the biggest differences between the training of world-class runners and that of recreational runners is how slowly we elites sometimes run. Let me explain. Let’s say it’s the day after a hard workout. A typical recovery run for me is 10 miles in 65 minutes. A 10-miler at an average of 6:30 per mile might sound fast, but consider it in perspective. That’s almost 2 minutes per mile slower than I can run for a half-marathon and more than 90 seconds per mile slower than my marathon race pace. For someone who runs a 3:30 marathon, which is about 8 minutes per mile, that would be like averaging a 9:30 pace on a recovery day.

Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.

When 2014 Boston Marathon champion Meb Keflezighi was asked how long he thought he could continue competing at an elite level, now being over the age of 40, he responded: “If no one ever told you when you were born, how would you know how old you are?

We make two assumptions that are vital to the arguments in this book: There are active managers that can beat the market (i.e., the market is not completely efficient). Superior active managers can be identified.

I know that there are good and bad environments for all asset classes. And I know that in one’s lifetime, there will be a ruinous environment for one of those asset classes. That’s been true throughout history.” Ray Dalio, founder Bridgewater Associates

Many people begin investing their money without a true understanding of what has happened in the past, and often bias their expectations toward their own personal experiences.

Long-distance running is not the sport for people who crave instant gratification.

To my classmates, teammates, teachers, coaches, and friends, and the people in the medical field who encouraged and challenged me to be my best in every aspect of life.

Un mod prin care maratonul se deosebește de alte curse îl reprezintă faptul că lecțiile lui au deseori paralele cu restul vieții tale. Răbdarea necesară ca să stăpânești maratonul este o abilitate transferabilă. Puterea de a adopta perspectiva pe termen lung, de a depune zilnic aceeași muncă fără strălucire, de a găsi bucurie în tot acest efort, de a pune deoparte câte ceva pentru inevitabilele dificultăți.

Unii oameni au o cădere de tonus, după ce reușesc să realizeze un lucru pentru care au muncit din greu vreme îndelungată. De fapt, foarte mulți oameni au talent, dar mulți au dificultăți să-și găsească motivația cu care să-și dezvolte talentul prin muncă susținută și consecventă.

Ca să reușești să îmbătrânești elegant- în sport, dar și în viață-, contează enorm să recunoști ceea ce s-a schimbat la tine, dar fără a lăsa acele schimbări să te definească. Mai mult ca sigur felul în care vei încerca să-ți atingi obiectivele se va schimba, dar valoarea faptului că ai în continuare țeluri importante și te străduiești să le îndeplinești, nu trebuie să se schimbe. Cunoaște-te pe tine însuți și continuă să revii la această întrebare: sunt obiectivele mele încă rezonabile?

2008, which I had hoped would include my third time at the Olympics, was instead a

IF YOU’RE like me, you appreciate how running improves your life. You like how you feel while you’re running and after a run. You like being healthier and more in control of your destiny. You like the camaraderie and the time alone. You like being outside enjoying nature. You like pushing yourself and the satisfaction that comes from working toward a goal. You like how clear-cut it is, how you get out of it what you put into it. You like that you get to do it on your terms, as casually or seriously as you want. You simply like telling yourself, “I’m a runner.

What’s really the case is that a lot of people have talent, but many struggle to find the motivation to develop that talent through consistent hard work.

Olympics, but don’t freak out and feel like you need to reinvent the wheel, they told me; instead, keep doing what got you there. I’d already noticed that some people overdo it before the Olympics.

needs. I wound up topping out at 30 minutes (which, believe me, is still plenty with a shirt on).

Emil Zatopek, the only runner to win the 5K, 10K, and marathon in the same Olympics, said, “If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.

This result drove home that patience is a virtue in marathoning and in life. I realized it’s possible to achieve great things by staying controlled instead of always swinging for the fences.

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