I can relate...

I read this story years ago. I can't tell you how many times I've said this over the past couple of months:

I love that story about the athlete -- of whom someone observed that the whole time he was running the race -- his lips were moving.

When asked as to why his lips were moving -- he responded by saying:  "I was praying." -- They asked, "Were you praying to win?"

"Oh, no" he replied, -- "I was praying, 'Lord, You pick them up, & I'll put them down. -- You pick them up, & I'll put them down."