when i was little i used to believe that my new tennis shoes would make me run faster.
A childhood belief about special powers

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
- I forgot the expression "not cricket", so I said, "not tennis" instead.Anon
- i used to think that the faster you go in your car, the faster the car radio went.— Matt
- I used to think that it was against the law to drive a car without shoes on. It isn't— Pamela
- We used to think that if you ran swinging your arms around, you would run faster. — Christine