Yes, winning the gold medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career – mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience.

~ Frank Shorter

Experience has taught me how important it is to just keep going, focusing on running fast and relaxed. Eventually it passes and the flow returns. It’s part of racing.

~ Frank Shorter

The only source of knowledge is experience.

~ Albert Einstein

In the last year I have gained a lot of experience because I have been playing against top players and realized what things to work on to get better. Top players basically tell you what your weaknesses are on the court.

~ Maria Sharapova

The Olympic Games aren’t just for the young

By John Allemang, The Globe & Mail
Originally Published: 21 July 2012

Faster, higher, stronger – and older?

It’s not supposed to work this way. Both philosophers and physiologists treat aging as a trade-off between mind and body, where the wisdom that comes with experience is attained at the cost of running slower, jumping lower, if we jump at all, and steering clear of situations where strength is all that matters… Click here to read on

Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time.

~ Greg LeMond

Experience teaches slowly and at the cost of mistakes.

~ James A. Froude

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

~ Vernon Law

Longum iter est per praecepta, breve et efficax per exempla.

~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Note: Literal translation: “The journey by teaching is long, by examples – brief and effective”

Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.

~ Stan Smith