Speed eventually neared its peak. The records forced me to work ever harder to drop a less and less time. These time trials came to feel like races, which are fun to run sporadically but not daily. Joe Henderson
The mind is absolutely instrumental in achieving results, even for athletes. Sports psychology is a very small part, but it's extremely important when you're winning and losing races by hundredths and even thousandths of a second. Michael Johnson
Then going out on the ice usually about 15 minutes before and certain things I would do for the different races, aspects that you run through your mind. Eric Heiden