Amaphuzu okugqugquzela avela kwiLogenda le-Women's Running Legend
Ngesikhathi ephakeme e-Bowdoin College, uJoan Benoit Samuelson wanqoba i- Boston Marathon ka-1979 njengoba engaziwa futhi wabeka irekhodi labesifazane baseMelika. Wabuyisa futhi ngo-1983. Ngo-1984, uSamuelson wanqoba i-Olympic Marathon yokuqala. Uqhubeka waba yisibonelo kanye nommeli ekusebenzeni ibanga kanye nezemidlalo zabesifazane. Nazi ezinye izingcaphuno ezivela kulo mlando:
- "Inselele namandla okusebenza adinga ukuthi abe nobugovu, kodwa empeleni kungishukumisela ukuba ngiqine ebuhlotsheni bami."
- "Lapho ngiqala ukugijima, nganginamahloni lapho ngihamba lapho izimoto zingidlulisa. Ngangenza sengathi ngibheka izimbali!"
- "Njengoba wonke umgijimi ekwazi, ukugijima kungaphezu nje kokubeka unyawo phambi komunye; kungenxa yokuphila kwethu nokuthi singobani."
- "Ukugijima kuyingxenye yokuphila kwami. Uma ngingakaze ngigijime elinye i-marathon, ngisaqhubeka ngehora lesibili."
- "Ifilosofi yami yokugijima iwukuthi, angiyikuhlala kuyo, ngiyakwenza."
- "Lezo zikhathi eside zigijima isimiso sami, ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo."
- "Zithande wena, ukuthi ungubani nokuthi ungubani; vala iphupho lakho futhi uthuthukise ithalenta lakho ngokugcwele."
- "Eminyakeni edlule, abesifazane bahlala ekhishini bephuza ikhofi bese bexoxa ngokuphila. Namuhla, bahlanganisa izihloko ezifanayo ngenkathi begijima."
- "Njengoba nje ngithemba ukuba ngumama impilo yami yonke, ngithemba ukuba ngumgijimi wokuphila kwami konke."
- "Yilokho okupholile ngempela ngemidlalo yethu. Yamukela wonke umuntu: umdlalo ku. "
- "Gcina ukuhlukahluka kohlelo. Umzimba wakho uzokutshela okufanele ukwenze."
- "Njalo uma ngiphumelela, ngicabanga ukuthi ngizoba ngumuntu onamandla kuwo. Ngiyaqhubeka ngisebenza ngendlela engokomfanekiso nangokomqondo, naphezu kwesibindi esitholakala ngokwengeziwe ngenkathi ngayinye edlula, ngoba kimi bekulokhu kube khona indawo yokuhamba nayo ukuphuthuma okubi ukufika lapho. "
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