“Look across all sport and observe the truly great. All had this zest for combat, this taste for being truly tested. All wished to explore (and even expand*) the limits of their own possibilities…”

Racing (and Writing) in the Zone

Sources: “Look across all sport and observe the truly great. All had this zest for combat, this taste for being truly tested. All wished to explore (and even expand*) the limits of their own possibilities…”

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https://writeinthezone.wordpress.com/

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“The driver is expected to explore the inner places of his desire by taking everything to this limit…to translate it into a sublime peak only he can reach; but the trouble is they’re all doing it…. on a narrow ribbon of track, together.”

Ernest Hemingway Meets Ayrton Senna (or should it be the other way round: "There are only two "real" sports: Mountain climbing and motor racing; all the rest including life are merely games."

Source: “The driver is expected to explore the inner places of his desire by taking everything to this limit…to translate it into a sublime peak only he can reach; but the trouble is they’re all doing it…. on a narrow ribbon of track, together.”

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