Quotes about running

"It's rude to count people as you pass them. Out loud."

Anonymous on running   

"Good things come slow - especially in distance running."

Dellinger Bill on running   

"A lot of people run a race to see who's the fastest. I run to see who has the most guts."

Prefontaine, Steve on running   

"The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat."

Squires, Bill on running   

"A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways as they're capable of understanding."

Prefontaine, Steve on running   

"There are clubs you can't belong to, neighborhoods you can't live in, schools you can't get into, but the roads are always open."

Nike Corporation on running   

"Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it."

Winfrey, Oprah on running   

"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start."

Bingham, John on running
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"If you want to become the best runner you can be, start now. Don't spend the rest of your life wondering if you can do it."

Welch, Priscilla on running   

"To be good is not enough when you dream of being great."

Anonymous on running   

"Pain is weakness leaving the body."

Anonymous on running   

"What distinguishes those of us at the starting line from those of us on the couch is that we learn through running to take what the days gives us, what our body will allow us, and what our will can tolerate."

Bingham, John on running   

"Run like you stole something."

Farrow, Daniel on running   

"To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice The Gift."

Prefontaine, Steve on running   

"Someone may beat me, but they're going to have to bleed to do it."

Prefontaine, Steve on running   

"Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage."

Patton, George S. on running   

"I have met my hero, and he is me."

Sheehan, George on running
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"Running is a big question mark that's there each and every day. It asks you, 'Are you going to be a wimp or are you going to be strong today?"

Maher, Peter on running   

"The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass."

Mull, Martin on running   

"Run if you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must, just never give up."

Karnazes, Dean on running
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"The more I run, the more I want to run, and the more I live a life conditioned and influenced and fashioned by my running. And the more I run, the more certain I am that I am heading for my real goal: to become the person I am."

Sheehan, George on running   

"Somewhere in the world someone is training when you are not. When you race him, he will win."

Fleming, Tom on running   

"Pains lasts for a moment, but pride lasts forever."

Anonymous on running
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"The harder you push, the more you are pulled."

Nike Corporation on running   

"Winning isn't everything. Wanting to is."

Hunter, Catfish on running   

"Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be. "

Sheehan, George on running
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"The difference between a jogger and a runner is an entry blank."

Sheehan, George on running   

"There is no bad weather, just soft runners."

Bowerman, Bill on running
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"Energy and persistence conquer all things."

Franklin, Benjamin on running
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"Dead Last Finish is greater than Did Not Finish, which trumps Did Not Start."

Anonymous on running
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"Running is like mouthwash; if you can feel a burn, its working."

Anonymous on running
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"You don't run against a bloody stop watch, do you hear? A runner runs against himself, against the best that's in him. Not against a dead thing of wheels and pulleys. That's the way to be great, running against yourself. Against all the rotten mess in the world. Against God, if you're good enough."

Persons, Bill on running   

"There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child, an artist and a saint. So, too, are you. Find your own play, your own self-renewing compulsion, and you will become the person you are meant to be."

Sheehan, George on running   

"Everyone who has run knows that its most important value is in removing tension and allowing a release from whatever other cares the day may bring."

Carter, Jimmy on running   

"Runners just do it - they run for the finish line even if someone else has reached it first."

Anonymous on running   

"The best runs sometimes come on days when you didn't feel like running."

Anonymous on running   

"There have been many times I regretted skipping a run - but there has never been a time I regretted taking one."

Anonymous on running   

"To the brave and the faithful, nothing is impossible."

Anonymous on running   

"If you are going through hell, keep going."

Churchill, Winston on running
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"Pain is temporary...quitting is forever."

Anonymous on running
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