If I can get better, why not?

I was not talented enough to run and smile at the same time

You can't climb up to the second floor without a ladder. When you set your aim too high and don't fulfill it, then your enthusiasm turns to bitterness. Try for a goal that's reasonable, and then gradually raise it.

Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater.

I was unable to walk for a whole week after that, so much did the race take out of me. But it was the most pleasant exhaustion I have ever known.

The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on.

If you come to think of it, you never see deer, dogs and rabbits worrying about their menus and yet they run much faster than humans.