The study of motivation goes back to the Greeks. Their sports were essential to their education. They saw in sports the integration of body, mind and soul, the creation of beauty, the mastering of athletics, and the challenge of competition. A French sociologist points this out. "Sports," he wrote, was part of the education of the citizen. He was expected to engage in exercise for a whole series of reasons that had to do with the shaping of the citizen; the relation between moral good and physical good; and the growth of a person.
Running is just such a monastery- a retreat, a place to commune with God and yourself, a place for psychological and spiritual renewal. - George A. Sheehan
Running is just such a monastery- a retreat, a place to commune with God and yourself, a place for psychological and spiritual renewal.
- George A. Sheehan
Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be. - George A. Sheehan
Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.
Listen to your body. Do not be a blind and deaf tenant. - George A. Sheehan
Listen to your body. Do not be a blind and deaf tenant.
The answer to the big questions in running is the same as the answer to the big questions in life: Do the best with what you've got. - George A. Sheehan
The answer to the big questions in running is the same as the answer to the big questions in life: Do the best with what you've got.
Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing. - George A. Sheehan
Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing.
Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not. - George A. Sheehan
Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not.
The more I run, the more I want to run, and the more I live a life conditioned and influenced and fashioned by my running. And the more I run, the mo… - George A. Sheehan
The more I run, the more I want to run, and the more I live a life conditioned and influenced and fashioned by my running. And the more I run, the mo…
The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit - George A. Sheehan
The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit
There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child, an artist… - George A. Sheehan
There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child, an artist…
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