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#202: How Bad Do You Want It?

The Art of Manliness

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The Importance of Mentality in Athletics

"It was just plain obvious to anyone, uh, any, any sort of, I guess, knowledgeable runner watching that," he says. "If there had been exercise scientists on the scene, they could have proven ... Sammy was closer to his ultimate physical limit than the guy [he] beat" The mental aspect is decisive within the context of competition itself, and it's almost like a life or death kind of feeling in such races as those described by this author.

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