Ron Clarke
Ron Clarke
Ronald William "Ron" Clarke, AO, MBEwas an Australian athlete, writer, and Mayor of the Gold Coast from 2004 to 2012. He was one of the best-known middle- and long-distance runners in the 1960s, notable for setting seventeen world records...
complain goes invited meeting meetings situation three
We have a situation where two of the three selectmen who weren't invited to the meeting go off and complain to the DA's office. Mrs. Pratt goes to a bazillion meetings and she doesn't invite me along.
attention college disneyland
BYU is the Disneyland of college campuses because of its attention to detail.
absolutely accepted appalled frankly girls gold
I am absolutely appalled by what went on and frankly our girls should never have accepted the gold medals.
future needs
For the future of this county, this is a development that needs to be approved.
across hear playing rest throwing
If I hear any of you were out there throwing eggs, you're not playing on Saturday. I'll tell you what, for the rest of the week, I don't want any of you going across Myrtle Street.
backwards bent client heck project spent staff vote yes
This is a very important project for us. We spent a heck of a lot of money. . . . My client has bent over backwards to do everything that the staff has requested, Vote Yes on Preservation Pointe.
fans home neat pressure rooting winning
I've got a little more pressure because there are a lot of fans out there rooting for me. But it'd be neat winning in your home town.
tired kids people
I got tired of seeing otherwise innocent young kids from all walks of life getting criminal records for, in effect, doing nothing more than millions of other people in society were doing with alcohol.
running worry heard
Worry about him? I never even heard of him.
men greater
There is not, and never was, a greater man than Emil Zatopek.
running breathing mind
No one knows the fear in a front runner's mind more than me. When you set off at a cracking pace for four or five laps and find that your main rivals are still breathing down your neck, that's when you start to panic.
testing-yourself testing
Love testing yourself more than fearing loosing
sick waiting fields
It makes me sick to see a superior runner wait behind the field until 200 meters to go and then sprint away. That is immoral. It's both an insult to the other runners and a denigration of his own ability.
running beer glasses
In my case, I thoroughly enjoy running 100-odd miles a week. If I didn't I wouldn't do it. Who can define happiness? To some, happiness is a warm puppy or a glass of cold beer. To me, happiness is running in the hills with my mates around me.