“You can keep going and your legs might hurt for a week, or you can quit and your mind will hurt for a lifetime.”
— Mark Allen
“Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.”
— Lance Armstrong
“You don’t stop running because you get old, you get old because you stop running.”
— Christopher McDougall
“Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.”
— Steve Prefontaine
“Running teaches us that we are capable of so much more than we ever imagined.”
— PattiSue Plumer
“Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.”
— Dean Karnazes
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
— Haruki Murakami
“Nothing will work unless you do.”
— Maya Angelou
“Not all who wander are lost.”
— J. R. R. Tolkien
“Injuries are our best teachers.”
— Scott Jurek
“When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.”
— Eric Thomas
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.”
— Henry Ford
“The pride in finishing a marathon is much greater than all the pain endured during the marathon.”
— Hal Higdon
“Ask nothing from your running, and you’ll get more than you ever imagined.”
“Go fast enough to get there, but slow enough to see.”
— Jimmy Buffett
“Don’t let fatigue make a coward out of you.”
“If you don’t have answers to your problems after a four-hour run, you ain’t getting them.”
“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.”
“Someone once told me the definition of Hell: The last day you have on earth, the person you became will meet the person you could have become.”
— Anonymous
“Life is for participating, not for spectating.”
— Kathrine Switzer
“If you can run six miles on a summer day, then you, my friend, are a lethal weapon in the animal kingdom.”
“Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.”
“When I'm running I don't have to talk to anybody and don't have to listen to anybody. This is a part of my day I can't do without.”
“The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.”
“Sometimes you just do things!”
“The longer and farther I ran, the more I realized that what I was often chasing was a state of mind – a place where worries that seemed monumental melted away, where the beauty and timelessness of the universe, of the present moment, came into sharp focus.”
“If you don’t think you were born to run you’re not only denying history. You’re denying who you are.”
“The reason we race isn’t so much to beat each other, but to be with each other.”
“If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.”
“If one could run without getting tired I don’t think one would often want to do anything else.”
— C. S. Lewis
“All I do is keep on running in my own cozy, homemade void, my own nostalgic silence. And this is a pretty wonderful thing. No matter what anybody else says.”
“I don’t think limits.”
— Usain Bolt
“I stopped worrying about the start. The end is what’s important.”
“The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.”
— John Bingham
“If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.”
— Emil Zatopek
“Sometimes you’ve got to go through hell to get to heaven.”
“Learn to run when feeling the pain, then push harder.”
— William Sigei
“Everything you ever wanted to know about yourself, you can learn in 26.2 miles.”
— Lori Culnane
“We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.”
— Jesse Owens
“If you train your mind for running, everything else will be easy.”
— Amby Burfoot
“Either you run the day or the day runs you.”
— Jim Rohn
“The human body has limitations. The human spirit is boundless.”
“Don’t run with your legs, run with your heart.”
“All you need is the courage to believe in yourself and put one foot in front of the other.”
“When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.”
— Haile Gebrselassie
“Running is my private time, my therapy, my religion.”
— Gail W. Kislevitz
“If you can’t win, make the fellow ahead of you break the record.”
— Unknown
“One chance is all you need.”
“Running is my meditation, mind flush, cosmic telephone, mood elevator and spiritual communion.”
— Lorraine Moller
“Believe in your dreams and that anything is possible.”
“A runner must run with dreams in his heart.”
“A race is a work of art.”
“Pain is the body’s way of ridding itself of weakness.”
“What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.”
“I always tell my athletes, don’t confuse difficulty with failure.”
— Eric Orton
“It’s all about the journey, not the outcome.”
— Carl Lewis
“There is magic in misery. Just ask any runner.”
“I’m a runner first before anything else.”
“I always want to give more than I gave yesterday.”
— Allyson Felix
“Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it. ”
— Oprah Winfrey
“I often hear someone say I’m not a real runner. We are all runners, some just run faster than others. I never met a fake runner.”
— Bart Yasso
“Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.”
— John Muir
“Part of a runner’s training consists of pushing back the limits of his mind.”
— Kenny Moore
“Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.”
“The only one who can beat me is me.”
— Michael Johnson
“Any goal worth achieving involves an element of risk.”
“I run because it always takes me where I want to go.”
“Running is alone time that lets my brain unspool the tangles that build up over days.”
— Rob Haneisen
“A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.”
“You are truly your own hero in running. It is up to you to have the responsibility and self-discipline to get the job done.”
— Adam Goucher
“We all know that if you run, you are pretty much choosing a life of success because of it.”
— Deena Kastor
“Running is a simple, primitive act, and therein lays its power. For it is one of the few commonalities left between us as a human race.”
“Indeed, the marathon wouldn’t be a big deal if it didn’t require a little blood, a lot of sweat, and perhaps a few tears.”
— Luke Humphrey
“Channel your energy. Focus.”
“Running is about finding your inner peace, and so is a life well lived.”
“Want a strong, solid relationship that is willing to go the distance? Get to know your running shoes.”
“Sport, like all of life, is about taking your chances.”
— Roger Bannister
“Triumph over adversity that’s what the marathon is all about. Nothing in life can’t triumph after that.”
“We may train or peak for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport.”
— Alberto Salazar
“We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves.”
“I love to run and I have some tips to keep it fresh and novel. I rarely use the same route twice. That keeps things new.”
“It’s a treat being a runner, out in the world by yourself with not a soul to make you bad-tempered or tell you what to do.”
— Alan Sillitoe
“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?”
— Peter Maher
“Train where your fitness is NOW, not where you want to be.”
“But I also realize that winning doesn’t always mean getting first place; it means getting the best out of yourself.”
— Meb Keflezighi
“Never underestimate the power that one good workout can have on your mind. Keeping the dream alive is half the battle.”
— Kara Goucher
“The marathon never ceases to be a race of joy, a race of wonder.”
“You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can’t know what’s coming.”
— Frank Shorter
“The mile has all the elements of a drama.”
“I’m going to work so that it’s a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it.”
“Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater.”
“Running! If there’s any activity happier, more exhilarating, more nourishing to the imagination, I can’t think of what it might be.”
— Joyce Carol Oates
“We all have bad days and bad workouts, when running gets ugly, when split times seem slow, when you wonder why you started. It will pass.”
“Of all the races, there is no better stage for heroism than a marathon.”
— George A. Sheehan
“We are designed to run and we increase our chance of daily happiness when we do so.”
— Jeff Galloway
“I work hard, and I do good, and I’m going to enjoy myself. I’m not going to let you restrict me.”
“If you keep chasing your dreams, one day you’ll catch them.”
“Deny your nature, and it will erupt in some other, uglier way.”
“I am a big believer in visualization. I run through my races mentally so that I feel even more prepared.”
“Nature’s arena has a way of humbling and energizing us.”
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