#distance

I try to avoid the temptation with time as a total indicator for what my possibilities are for the marathon. It's the not the best indicator, but it's more how you feel, how you cover the distance and how you are able to do the training afterward. ↗

— Ryan Hall

#avoid #best #cover #distance #feel

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#defects #distance #qualities #range #sees

I think it's important for one to take a certain distance from oneself. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

#distance #i #i think #important #oneself

I perfectly understood President Obama's attitude throughout the French presidential campaign. He had no reason to distance himself from Nicolas Sarkozy. It's the basic solidarity that leaders who worked together owe to each other. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#basic #campaign #distance #each #french

A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it. ↗

— Zora Neale Hurston

#cannot #distance #mighty #shrink #thing

Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. ↗

— Zora Neale Hurston

#distance #every #man #ships #wish

A perfect run has nothing to do with distance. It's when your stride feels comfortable. ↗

— Sean Astin

#distance #feels #nothing #perfect #run

I'm trying to focus on the 100 and 200 breaststroke now. There's no point concentrating on the 50 when it's not in the Olympics. I'm not going to quit the 50 but it's not my priority any more. I'll do it but as part of my bid for gold at the other distances. ↗

— Cameron van der Burgh

#bid #concentrating #distances #focus #going

We are just not made up to be middle distance runners. ↗

— Alberto Juantorena

#just #made #middle #runners #up

There is no morality in war. Morality is the privilege of those judging from the distance. War is only death and destruction. ↗

— John Cory

#destruction #distance #judging #morality #only