Quotes by : John L. Parker Jr.

Though Jack Nubbins was extremely talented, Quenten Cassidy had viewed the Specter; when he reached down....

Training was a rite of purification; from it came speed, strength. Racing was a rite of death; from it....

He ran his hand up and down his left achilles tendon. Very tender better pay attention to it and back....

At paces that might stun and dismay the religious jogger, the runners easily kept up all manner of chatter....

...Or we can blaze! Become legends in our own time, strike fear in the heart of mediocre talent everywhere!....

He wanted to impart some of the truths Bruce Denton had taught him, that you dont' become a runner by....

There was no let-up. The tempo was always moderate but steady. If a new guy decided to pick up the pace,....

People conceptualize conditioning in different ways," he said. "Some think it's a ladder straight up.....

Running to him was real; the way he did it the realest thing he knew. It was all joy and woe, hard as....

Cassidy's heart tried to leap out through his taught skin and hop into his wet hands. But outwardly it....