"With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable." Sir Thomas Foxwell Buxton, British abolitionist
"What counts in the battle is what you do once the pain sets in." John Short
"I've always taken the philosophy that you have to dream a little in this sport, if you stay in your comfort zone, you're not going to do anything special." Deena Drossin, America's top women's distance runner
"You have a choice. You can throw in the towel, or you can use it to wipe the sweat off of your face." Gatorade
"Never, never, never quit!" Winston Churchill, British prime minister during World War II
"The greatest pleasure in life is doing the things people say we cannot do." Walter Bagehot, English social scientist (I am a very competitive person, so I love this quote!)
"Run like hell and get the agony over with." Clarence DeMar, 7-time Boston Marathon winner
"True sport is always a duel: a duel with nature, with one's own fear, with one's own fatigue, a duel in which body and mind are strengthened." Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet (This quote is absolutely perfect!)
"I like running because it's challenge. If you run hard, there's the pain - and you've got to work your way through the pain. You know, lately it seems all you hear is 'Don't overdo it' and 'Don't push yourself.' Well, I think that's a lot of bull. If you push the human body, it will respond." Bob Clarke, Philadelphia Flyers General Manager, NHL Hall of Famer
"Running is the classical road to self-consciousness, self-awareness and self-reliance. Independence is the outstanding characteristic of the runner. He learns the harsh reality of his physical and mental limitations when he runs. He learns that personal commitment, sacrifice and determination are his only means to betterment. Runners only get promoted through self-conquest." Noel Carroll, Irish track trailblazer (I think this is one of my all-time favorite quotes. It describes how I feel perfectly!)
"You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning." Billy Wilder, Austrian screenwriter/director/producer
"Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible." Saint Francis of Assisi
"Long distance running is particularly good training in perseverance." Mao Tse-Tung, former Chairman of China's Communist Party
"Running is the greatest metaphor for life because you get out of it what you put into it." Oprah Winfrey, talk show magnate (This is soooo good as well!)
"Running is real and relatively simple - but it ain't easy." Mark Will-Weber, editor of The Quotable Runner (Haha, so very true!)
"Success is to be measure not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed." Booker T. Washington, anti-slavery activist (This makes me think of the song "Survive" by Rise Against. I love that song...)
"The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it." Moliere, French Playwright
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"Running allows us to define our weaknesses and make them strengths. It supplies those missing attributes that diminish us and keep us from functioning fully. It makes us whole." George Sheehan
"Running gives a new meaning to the word spiritual, and it can bring you to that place." Sister Marion Irvine, who qualified at the age of 54 for the Women's Olympic Marathon Trials
"You have to take it as it happens, but you should try to make it happen the way you want to take it." German proverb
"Don't ever accept anyone else's preconceived limitations. If there's something you want to do, there isn't any reason you can't do it." Amy Dodson, running amputee
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"Anything is possible, but you have to believe and you have to fight." Lance Armstrong
"I often wondered why runners could accomplish what they did. It's like analyzing love or passion. Why I had to run remains one of the mysteries of my life." John J. Kelley, one of America's greatest marathoners
"I've always felt running is a form of meditation. Running enables us to stop our lives, to go out and find a safe place for ourselves." Nina Kuscsik, first official women's champ with her 1972 Boston Marathon win and two-time NYC Marathon winner
"To me, running means freedom, but you need the discipline to gain the freedom. Find nice places, find people to run with. Use your runs as 'devotions,' a time to be thankful for life's beauty." Doris Heritage, five-time world cross-country champion; set six world records and 17 American records; won 14 AAU national titles; two-time Olympian
"Running gives me a sense of strength and power. On the way in from a run, I'm a new woman." Lynn Jennings, three-time World Cross-Country champion; Olympic bronze medalist in the 10,000; and winner of a record 38 U.S. national titles in track, road, and cross-country
"It all comes down to having a dream. You have to know why you head out the door every day to run. Your purpose will motivate you in every mile you train." Brian Diemer, three-time Olympian steeplechaser and 1984 bronze medalist
"Running country is everywhere. Open your door, and you're in business....Run in a schoolyard....at the beach....in a vacant lot." Bill Bowerman, coaching great
great quotes :). i found your blog on a certain running forum ;)
ReplyDeletekeep up the running! way to go on that 7 miles yesterday
-kim
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ReplyDeletelove these!(:
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