#races

You can wish as hard as you like but all that really matters is the shape you're in on the day of the race. I've always felt these really big races aren't necessarily won by whoever is the fastest. They're won by the athlete who is the smartest and in the best shape on the day. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#athlete #best #big #day #fastest

When I did some Nascar races this year I noticed that I was increasingly missing the racing side, to race against each other, because in rallying you really race against the clock. ↗

— Kimi Raikkonen

#because #clock #did #each #i

I'm particularly happy that the Ronald Reagan Building is both public and private, and embraces his lifelong belief... in free and open trade. ↗

— Nancy Reagan

#both #building #embraces #free #happy

Maybe we've been brainwashed by 130 years of Yankee history, but Southern identity now has more to do with food, accents, manners, music than the Confederate past. It's something that's open to both races, a variety of ethnic groups and people who move here. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#been #both #brainwashed #confederate #ethnic

I went through an awkward adolescence and had braces. ↗

— Christina Ricci

#awkward #braces #had #i #through

Massachusetts children cannot only lead the nation in test scores, they can be competitive with the best in the world. And the gap in achievement among races can virtually disappear. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#among #best #cannot #children #competitive

A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof. ↗

— Rene Char

#leave #must #passage #poet #proof

How does a kid from Coos Bay, with one leg longer than the other win races? ↗

— Steve Prefontaine

#does #how #kid #leg #longer

I had the '80s hair and braces and a 6-3 frame as a 16-year-old. ↗

— Matt Emmons

#frame #had #hair #i

My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own. ↗

— Georgia Jagger

#conform #even #everyone #horrible #i