Below are quotations from various sources. If you were using these sources in a paper, would you quote, summarize, or paraphrase? Explain your decision.
American athletes tend to be an obsessed bunch, but the trend toward endurance
extremes has sounded alarms in the medical community. In the
short term, common consequences of prolonged, strenuous exercise include
tendonitis, stress fractures and chronic fatigue syndrome. But research is beginning
to show that by racing ever farther and longer, athletes may also be
putting themselves at risk for a host of chronic diseases, even cancer. (Andrew
Tabor, “Using Up Too Much Too Soon: Pushing the Body to Athletic Extremes
May Be Harmful to Your Health,” Salon, July 26, 1999.