Did Not Finish Quotes

“There is no shame in a Did Not Finish, because behind every DNF is someone who started. Someone who signed up, committed, and gave it a go. And a Did Not Finish is always preferable to a Did Not Start.”
― George Mahood, Did Not Finish: Misadventures in Running, Cycling and Swimming

“What I am trying to politely and tactfully say is, long-distance swimming is fucking boring. Actually, it's worse than that. It is mental torture. I think you have to be very comfortable in your own head to enjoy swimming long distance, as it's a very intrapersonal activity.”
― George Mahood, Did Not Finish: Misadventures in Running, Cycling and Swimming

“It takes a lot of mental discipline to be an endurance swimmer”
― George Mahood, Did Not Finish: Misadventures in Running, Cycling and Swimming

“The first thing that struck me about the runners at the start of the Rome Marathon was that they were predominantly men.”
― George Mahood, Did Not Finish: Misadventures in Running, Cycling and Swimming

“It was one thing to insist on eating plain pasta when I was doing the cooking but ordering plain pasta in an Italian restaurant... in Rome, is bordering on criminal.”
― George Mahood, Did Not Finish: Misadventures in Running, Cycling and Swimming