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Explore our hand-picked selection of 61 inspiring quotes by Christopher McDougall.

About Christopher McDougall

  • Born: 1962
  • Occupation: Author
    • Extreme heroism springs from something that no scientific theory can fully explain; it's an illogical impulse that flies in the face of biology, psychology, actuarial statistics, and basic common sense.
    Spring Common Sense Psychology
    Faced with the almost inescapable conclusion that it had been selling lemons, nike shifted into make-lemonade mode. jeff pisciotta became head of a top-secret and seemingly impossible project: finding a way to make a buck off a naked foot.
    Running Nike Feet
    Running should be free, man.
    Running Men Should
    We've created an unnatural form of running. it's not just the shoes, but we run on artificial surfaces - straight ahead, hard and steady - instead of speeding up and slowing down, reacting to the terrain with changes of pace and rhythm.
    Running Shoes Pace
    There is a growing subculture of barefoot runners, people who got rid of their shoes. and what they have found uniformly is you get rid of the shoes, you get rid of the stress, you get rid of the injuries and the ailments.
    Motivation Stress Inspiration
    The tarahumara would party like this all night, then rouse themselves the next morning to face off in a running race that could last not two miles, not two hours, but two full days. according to the mexican historian francisco almada, a tarahumara champion once ran 435 miles, the equivalent of setting out for a jog in new york city and not stopping till you were closing in on detroit.
    Running Morning New York
    When it comes to mentors, you can't beat survival.
    Survival Mentor Beats
    We say the rarajipari is the game of life, ' angel said. 'you never know how hard it will be. you never know when it will end. you can't control it. you can only adjust.
    Angel Games Born To Run
    Even charles darwin, that human decoder ring of bizarre behavior, found the idea of saving a stranger's life to be a total head-scratcher.
    Ideas Saving Stranger
    I have the idea that running shoes are based on a kind of cult idea - that our feet are flawed and we need shoes to correct those flaws. the shoe companies are in the business of selling shoes. but there's no evidence from running shoe manufacturers that they're right. there's no scientific data that running shoes reduce injury.
    Running Data Shoes
    Sometimes,' she said, 'it takes a woman to bring out the best in a man.
    Men Sometimes Said
    One of the most dangerous and best-kept secrets of the medical profession is the epidemic of anesthesiologists who are addicted to their own drugs.
    Epidemics Best Kept Secrets Drug
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