The Art of Resilience Quotes

“The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible – and achieve it, generation after generation.”
― Ross Edgley, The Art of Resilience

“Fast Can Be Fragile and Slow Can Be Strong.”
― Ross Edgley, The Art of Resilience

“Esteem needs. Maslow classified these into two categories: Esteem for oneself (dignity, achievement, mastery, independence). The desire for reputation or respect from others (e.g., status, prestige). Maslow indicated that the need for respect or reputation is most important for children and adolescents and precedes real self-esteem or dignity.”
― Ross Edgley, The Art of Resilience

“If you’re reading this book you are now equipped with the tools you need to find your own Okugake. Fuelled by an intrinsic form of motivation for self-discovery through self-discipline and armed with Stoic Sports Science, you too now understand The Art of Resilience, and like the pioneers and heroes mentioned in this book (from Captain Webb to Emil Zatopek), can embark on your own athletic adventure.”
― Ross Edgley, The Art of Resilience

“The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where then do I look for good and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals, but within myself to the choices that are my own.”
― Ross Edgley, The Art of Resilience

“62% from carbohydrate, 27% from fat and 11% from protein”
― Ross Edgley, The Art of Resilience

“Fatigue is merely an emotional expression of the subjective symptoms that develop as these subconscious controls wage a fierce battle with the conscious mind to ensure that the conscious ultimately submits to the superior will of the subconscious.”
― Ross Edgley, The Art of Resilience