Ryan Hall
Ryan Hall
Ryan Hall is a retired American long-distance runner. He won the marathon at the 2008 United States Olympic Trials and placed tenth in the Olympic marathon in Beijing. He holds the U.S. record in the half marathon. With his half marathon record time, he became the first U.S. runner to break the one-hour barrier in the event...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRunner
Date of Birth14 October 1982
CountryUnited States of America
running dream years
You dream about the Olympics for so long and you have that one day, then it's over, and when you don't run well there is this huge letdown. It took me years to deal with that. I feel like I almost had to cleanse myself of that experience.
running two race
I may not drink an electrolyte beverage during the race. If I am running in an hour, I won't need one. But if you're running an hour-and-a-half to two hours or more, maybe you need a little bit of the electrolytes.
running heart race
I want to run every race with a big heart.
running strong race
More than the time, it's about how you feel - you want to be strong throughout the race.
running real greatness
I think some of the most celebrated moments in human achievement should be those times when everything is going against a person and they are down in the dumps but they simply choose to get up. That's real greatness!
running thinking just-being
I don't think about the miles that are coming down the road, I don't think about the mile I'm on right now, I don't think about the miles I've already covered. I think about what I'm doing right now, just being lost in the moment.
clutch crucial game record scoring three today took win wind
It was very, very crucial for us to win this game today because (our record would be) 2-4 and then we'd have to win three of four. Webber had a clutch hit. I think that kind of took the wind out of their sails. That was huge. Scoring with two outs, that's just a bonus.
felt people pushing
Sometimes it would just be two of us pushing each other, and you felt like you were going really fast. Having more people around makes you feel like you're not doing something impossible.
assured judges knowledge musical scope unbiased wide
Competitors can be assured that they are being assessed by unbiased judges with a wide scope of musical knowledge.
good pitching swinging
We've got some good pitching and we're going to play good defense. If can just keep swinging it the way we have been we're going to be pretty good.
diversity expect fail
We have more diversity. You can't expect (English-learners) to do as well as others. Like if I went to Mexico, I would fail all their tests.
You kind of just have to go with the flow.
chance guys means quality remember single starters time win
Having two quality starters means everything. We have two guys who we feel like give us a chance to win every time out. I can't remember a single time when they didn't give us a quality start.
guts
If they've got the guts to do it, you can't really say anything about it.