Word: adrenaline
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...very strenuous mentally," Jim says. "You have to deal with your body being filled with adrenalin. You have to group all of your mental energy into making the kick, calm yourself and put down the adrenalin. After you do it, you let everything...
...requires some clarification and correction. Anxiety-neurosis is characterized by both phobias and fetishes and sometimes by an oscillation between depression and mania: The so-called "danger junkie" syndrome (often associated with combatneurosis) is a classic instance of the relief of chronic depression through repeated self-stimulation of an adrenalin "rush. "Pyromania is a special case of this adrenalin autoaddiction. Until the discovery that amphetamine is addictive there remained some question about adrenalin, but it now appears that anything that can give temporary (symptomatic) relief can be addictive. The relief cannabis provides from anxiety and neuromuscular tension is cumulative...
...healthy dose of pure, albeit naive, sports fanaticism, football magazines are the place to turn. One magazine waxes nostalgic: "Each September, as the talk and smell of football pervades the air, the hard-core football fan experiences a feeling of profound excitement as the adrenalin begins to flow in anticipation." And the makers of Stat-Key, when detailing the edge which their system provides, explain: "The player is professional, trained in his trade. Because he is a professional among professionals, there is less of an ability gap among pro players than among college players. For example, if Cornell were...
...band? Well, yes, according to Harvard Basketball Coach Frank McLaughlin. The band, he says, can have a real impact on a contest's outcome: "I think the Princeton game was a perfect example. The band gets the crowd up, and your adrenalin starts going more. They played a major role...
...didn't really feel the pain with the adrenalin flowing," Dixon said. "I was proud that I did as well as I did. I think I ran a good race...