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“Things can never be what they were. There is nothing to do but keep moving, keep training, keep pushing.”
― Training is Bitter: Reflections on Life, Effort, and Acrobatics With Master Trainer Lu Yi
― Training is Bitter: Reflections on Life, Effort, and Acrobatics With Master Trainer Lu Yi
“All my life, I maintained a strict sense of control and discipline over my body--even in my seventies, I made a point to do five handstands a day.”
― Training is Bitter: Reflections on Life, Effort, and Acrobatics With Master Trainer Lu Yi
― Training is Bitter: Reflections on Life, Effort, and Acrobatics With Master Trainer Lu Yi
“Acrobatics, in some ways, is simple. You train hard for a long time. Slowly, you get better. With more training, you keep getting better until, eventually, your body says "enough"....”
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“Brad Henderson understood my approach to training. I could leave him with wood and come back to find a cabinet. Figuratively, that is. I don't know if he can actually make a cabinet.”
― Training is Bitter: Reflections on Life, Effort, and Acrobatics With Master Trainer Lu Yi
― Training is Bitter: Reflections on Life, Effort, and Acrobatics With Master Trainer Lu Yi
“We measure the freedom of human beings by their ability to change with their environment. The only truly alien influence is the dead grasping fingers of our own past.”
― The City in the Middle of the Night
― The City in the Middle of the Night
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