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Adler says, “Children who have not been taught to confront challenges will try to avoid all challenges.”

The Courage to Be Disliked

Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga

In his heart of hearts Johnson believed that runners are God’s chosen, that running, done right, in the correct spirit and with the proper form, is a mystical exercise, no less than meditation or prayer, and thus he felt called to help runners reach their nirvana.

Shoe Dog

Phil Knight

During the autumn track season of 1965, every race had two results for Bowerman. There was the performance of his runners, and there was the performance of their shoes. Bowerman would note how the arches held up, how the soles gripped the cinders, how the toes pinched and the instep flexed.

Shoe Dog

Phil Knight

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