"We train every day of the year under all conditions. A junior once asked me: What would we do if there was an earthquake and the epicenter was right here? My answer was: Then we would run down the middle of the Earth!" |
- Mario Moniz Pereira, coach of Carlos Lopes |
Ask yourself, can I give more? The answer is usually Yes. |
- Paul Tergat |
Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary line and adding to one's liberty |
- Henri Frederic Amiel |
Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there |
- Josh Billings |
Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the lion or it will not survive. Every morning a lion wakes up and it knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle or it will starve. It doesn't matter if you are the lion or the gazelle, when the sun comes up, you better be running. |
- African Proverb |
I decided to go for a little run. |
- Forest Gump |
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven played music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, Here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well |
- Martin Luther King, Jr. |
If you always do what you've always done, you will always be where you've always been |
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If you start to feel good during an ultra, don't worry you will get over it. |
- Gene Thibeault |
It's rude to count people as you pass them. Out loud. |
- Adidas Sports |
Long distance running is 90% mental and the other half is physical. |
- Rich Davis |
Make voyages. Attempt them. There's nothing else. |
- Tennessee Williams |
My doctor told me that jogging could add years to my life. I think he was right. I feel ten years older already. |
- Milton Berle |
Pain is nothing compared to what it feels like to quit. |
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Pain is temporary; finishing is forever. |
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Pain is weakness leaving the body |
- Marine Corps |
Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it. |
- Oprah Winfrey |
Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence |
- Colin Powell |
The answer to the big questions in running is the same as the answer to the big questions in life: Do the best with what you've got. |
- Dr. George Sheehan |
The athlete who says that something can't be done should never interrupt the one who's doing it |
- John Wooden |
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination |
- Tommy Lasorda |
The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline |
- Bum Phillips |
The only place you find success before work is in the dictionary |
- May Smith |
The will to win means nothing if you haven't the will to prepare |
- Juma Ikangaa |
There is no satisfaction without a struggle first. |
- Marty Liquori |
There is only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything |
- Vince Lombardi |
There will be days when I don't know if I can run a marathon. There will be a lifetime knowing that I have. |
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There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people |
- Bill Bowerman |
To a runner, a side stitch is like a car alarm. It signifies something is wrong, but you ignore it until it goes away. |
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To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who's never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who was born blind. |
- Jerome Drayton |
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift. |
- Steve Prefontaine |
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing |
- Ralph Waldo Emerson |
You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming. |
- Frank Shorter |
Your body will argue that there is no justifiable reason to continue. Your only recourse is to call
on your spirit, which fortunately functions independently of logic. |
- Tim Noakes |
