The Race of My Life: An Autobiography Milkha Singh (2013)
“To run 100 miles and more is to bring the body to the point of breaking, to bring the mind to the point of destruction, to arrive at that place where you can alter your consciousness. It was to see more clearly. As my yoga teacher would say, “Injuries are our best teachers.” I'm convinced that a lot of people run ultramarathons for the same reason they take mood-altering drugs. I don't mean to minimize the gifts of friendship, achievement, and closeness to nature that I've received in my running career. But the longer and farther I ran, the more I realized that what I was often chasing was a state of mind — a place where worries that seemed monumental melted away, where the beauty and timelessness of the universe, of the present moment, came into sharp focus.”
Source: Eat and Run (2012), Ch. 18, p. 181
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American ultramarthon runner 1973Related quotes
Speaking with reporters after simultaneously reaching several milestones with one swing of the batː 2,000 career hits, 23 home runs (matching his previous high in 1961), and, for the first time in his career, 100 RBIs or more for a season; as quoted in "Clemente's 2,000th Puts Bucs On Top" https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kbIiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZbMFAAAAIBAJ&dq=men-base-concerned-driving-run-getting-no&pg=755%2C515794 by Jeff Meyers (UPI), in The Beaver County Times (Saturday, September 3, 1966), p. C-1
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Let's Dance
Song lyrics, Let's Dance (1983)
“I don't know where I'm running now, I'm just running on”
Running on Empty, from Running on Empty (1977)
“The best mind-altering drug is truth.”
Contributions of Jane Wagner
“The best mind-altering drug is truth.”
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1970s, They're Born That Way (1971)
Source: Alice Through the Looking Glass