"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second."
― William James
Topic(s):
Sports
More From William James
- "Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power."
- "It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again."
- "It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true."
More In Sports
- "I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can’t be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn’t discuss media coverage."― Sachin Tendulkar
- "The biggest lesson from Africa was that life’s joys come mostly from relationships and friendships, not from material things. I saw time and again how much fun Africans had with their families and friends and on the sports fields; they laughed all the time."― Andrew Shue
- "Don’t let anyone turn you into a slave. You’re a slave if you let the media tell you that sports and entertainment are more important than developing your brain."― Benjamin Carson