I used to believe that when I got a NEW pair of shoes that I could run faster. Man was I upset when I went to school and the gym teacher tested my running time and said that I was the same. I told her, 'But I got new shoes'. She snickered and told me that the shoes do not make you faster....
A childhood belief about sport
others believed things like this
- Red shoes make you run faster. — Ann B.
- I have a cousin who thought he could run faster when he got new shoes .. Anon
- My dad told me "Hush Puppie" shoes were made from Basset Hound ears.— William
- ... i used to believe the more stripes my pair of sneakers had, the faster i would run ...— wilbur
- I used to think that it was against the law to drive a car without shoes on. It isn't— Pamela
- i use to beleive that horseraddish came from horses shoesAnon