I think I’ve been good, but I want to be better. I think women reach their peak in their mid-thirties.
ATTRIBUTION:
Mary Decker Slaney (b. 1958), U.S. runner. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 55 (July 29, 1991).
At thirty-three, Slaney had been running competitively for eighteen years; at age fifteen, she had already been ranked fourth in the world. She had suffered setbacks recently and was professionally threatened by emerging African track stars.
