Joe Henderson Quotations

That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile.

I felt that I needed to branch out, ... I enjoyed racing in Nashville but there's a limit as to how far you can go there.

I feared the verdict of the watch, where I either lost the race against time that day or would lose it soon by making the record even harder to break. The time trap had snapped shut.

That's how most of us would feel. But the sport has a few deviants without consciences.

The natural urge when running a distance is to push harder and finish sooner - to race against time. Every second behind a deadline is a little defeat.

In fact, the bandits steal the drinks and assistance provided along the course. Worse, they cross the finish line and mess up the scoring of legitimate runners.

Ours is a life of constant reruns. We're always circling back to where we'd we started, then starting all over again. Even if we don't run extra laps that day, we surely will come back for more of the same another day soon.

The hours, minutes and seconds stand as visible reminders that your effort put them all there. Preserve until your next run, when the watch lets you see how Impermanent your efforts are.

Yet the home courses are where you spend dozens to hundreds of hours a year. You must choose them well.

Our bond is our shared status as retired racers. Before joining my family, he had a brief professional career - on the greyhound track.