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Lazy idiot
...or in being unsure of how anyone could possibly beat Alan Webb.
Tick tock
You're right that people should be proud of their country, but not to the point of ignoring the rest of the world. Americans suffer from an unfortunate myopia, which manifests itself in being unsure of where the Iraq and the Asian countries are on a globe or in being unsure of how anyone could possibly beat Alan Webb. Canadians have a problem with not being proud enough of our athletes and their accomplishments.
What was the secret, they wanted to know; in a thousand different ways they wanted to know The Secret. And not one of them was prepared, truly prepared to believe that it had not so much to do with chemicals and zippy mental tricks as with that most unprofound and sometimes heart-rending process of removing, molecule by molecule, the very tough rubber that comprised the bottoms of his training shoes. The Trial of Miles, Miles of Trials. How could they be expected to understand that? -John Parker
The Greatest of All Time
It's not spot on; it's a ridiculous generalization. Since it's impossible to argue about the collective character of a nation of 300 million, I'll focus on responding to the question of American attitudes towards our distance runners.
Runners run
Just like an Ohioan to poop on a party.