'God determines how fast you're going to run; I can help only with the mechanics.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Natural limits set speed, but coaches can improve technique and form.
- In plain terms
- Coaches fix mechanics; genetics set speed.
- What can you take from it?
- Work on what you can control.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What limits are fixed vs. changeable?
- How much can training really change?
Another view
It may understate how effort influences performance ceilings.
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