Carolyn See: "Saya sama sekali bukan orang yang atletis, tetapi saya d...

"Saya sama sekali bukan orang yang atletis, tetapi saya dulu menikah dengan seorang pelari. Dia akan mengatakan bahwa, terutama dalam balapan jarak jauh, Anda bisa tahu siapa yang akan menang dan siapa yang tidak, dan jika orang itu ada di belakang matanya, jika dia melihat-lihat dan memperhatikan, Anda bisa yakin dia tidak akan menang. Orang yang tersingkir memiliki peluang lebih baik untuk menang. Karena dia telah kehilangan pemerintahan sendiri."

--- Carolyn See

Versi Bahasa Inggris

I'm absolutely not an athletic person, but I used to be married to a runner. He would say that, especially in long-distance races, you could tell who was going to win and who wasn't, and if the person was present behind his eyes, if he was looking around and paying attention, you could be pretty sure he wasn't going to win. The person who was tranced out had a much better chance of winning. Because he or she had lost his or her governing self.