Quotation by

Jo Nesbo

In most sports, your brain and your body will cooperate... But in rock climbing, it is the other way around. Your brain doesn't see the point in climbing upwards. Your brain will tell you to keep as low as possible, to cling to the wall and not get any hi

Jo Nesbo

Sports

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

In rock climbing, your natural instinct is to avoid danger by staying close to the ground, but the activity requires you to push upward despite that fear. Unlike other sports where your mind supports your body's actions, here your brain resists the climb because it sees risk in going higher.

More by this author

All quotes by Jo Nesbo →

More quotes about Sports

See all →

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. A…

It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.

Golf is a good walk spoiled.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.

It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.