okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering
Saturday, November 30, 2002
Quote from an orienteer in SI?
Here's a quote from the latest Sports Illustrated:
People told me I wasn't trying hard enough. So I tried harder, and that just made it worse.
I learned a lesson -- if I'm going to win races, it won't be by trying harder, it'll be by eliminating mistakes, by making choices to take chances in places I can, by following a process.
It sounds like an orienteer, but it isn't. The guy who said this is Erik Schlopy. Schlopy is a ski racer, one of the best in the U.S. (5th and top American at the recent World Cup giant slalom). He also lives in New York City, of all places.
When I read Schlopy's quote, I thought it sounded like something an orienteer would say. It reminded me of an interview with Kent Olsson where he talks about never hearing of someone losing because they "tried to easy."
posted by Michael |
11:38 AM
