“Your generosity with transmitting ancient Chinese wisdom into the simple act of running fills us with deep respect.”
Source: Chi Running
“His pioneering impulses allowed me to think about my own body in an entirely new way, and it is hard to express how much gratitude and respect I have for him.”
Source: What Doesn't Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength
“The new Rob saw the restoration of his ability to run as a gift, a precious and fragile blessing that he wished to honor by racing not for respect or attention as before but for the inner journey, and by listening to his body and respecting rest, and also by investing himself in the trail running community.”
Source: The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life
“In Asia respect for the game is very important. Players at the high school level bow to the umpire. They also bow to the field. It is a sacred time and place.”
Source: Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence
“Respecting Your Talent”
Source: How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life
“It makes me pine for the time when Ben Hogan was the dominant figure in golf. Among Hogan’s many distinctions was this: almost no one thought of him as supremely talented. He was respected for the hard work he put into his game.”
Source: How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life
“Hal chose to respect his own talent that day rather than Tiger’s. It’s one of the choices champions always make.”
Source: How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life
“Getting advice from more experienced drivers, or other knowledgeable individuals, is good practice. Many drivers will be flattered that you chose to talk to them and will respect you for making the effort to improve.”
Source: Speed Secrets: Professional Race Driving Techniques
“From my adventures in the subculture of addiction recovery, I’d learned that the trajectory of one’s life often boils down to a few identifiable moments—decisions that change everything. I knew all too well that moments like these were not to be squandered. Rather, they were to be respected and seized at all costs, for they just didn’t come around that often, if ever. Even if you experienced only one powerful moment like this one, you were lucky.”
Source: Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
“Healing comes not from fixing what is broken, but from remembering the truth of who we are.”
Source: ENERGY OF THE SOUL: A JOURNEY FROM NOTHING TO BOUNDLESS HEALING