Cerutty On THE Way

This particular time we are living in is a good one to stop and think about priorities and what is really important in this life.
Consider the following by Percy Cerutty. I realize what he is primarily referring to here is his idea of the pathway to athletic success, but, Cerutty believed his program developed the whole athlete, mentally and spiritually, as well as physically. If you have read his bio by Graem Simms, interviews by former athletes (especially Herb Elliott) or his books, exposure to great works of literature, philosophy and music were an integral part of his training. This is referenced below in his quote "the art of living fully." Cerutty writes:
"1.Realization that,as Wordsworth the poet says, 'Life is real,life is earnest'.which denotes that there is no time for wasteful ideas and pursuits.
2.In place of wasteful hobbies there commences a period of supervised and systematic physical training,together with instruction in the art of living fully.This replaces a previously undirected life.
3. The programme implies the cessation of late hours as well as an overindulgence in amusements, both social and entertaining They should be reduced to a minimum and then only in the nature of relaxation from strenuous work.
I hold that the human being cannot be reduced to the status of a machine--and I attribute the success of the athletes who received their early training at Portsea on my specialized fartlek methods,not so much to the initial ability of the athletes,but to the form of training we favour at Portsea,and the terrain we train upon.
The introduction of resistance in the form of sand and hill is too important to be ignored and the track can never fulfill the lack nor the scientific formula replace 'natural and instinctive' effort."
As I have said before,it's hard to believe there was once an athletic coach who wrote things like the above.
I especially appreciate the quote: "there is no time for wasteful ideas and pursuits." I was thinking that most of the above would be especially excellent advice for the college age athtlete.
For the rest of us, the question we might ask ourselves is, are we wasting our time and ultimately our lives? 
Consider,Commit,Plan--then Proceed with a Dedicated Discipline.