Running Quotes
My heart has joined the thousand, for my friend stopped running today. (Watership Down) - Richard George Adams
You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip. - Jonathan Carroll
Shop for security over happiness and we buy it at that price. (Running From Safety) - Richard David Bach
I know many married men, I even know a few happily married men, but I don't know one who wouldn't fall down the first open coal hole running after the first pretty girl who gave him a wink. - George Jean Nathan
Whoever approaches Me walking, I will come to him running; and he who meets Me with sins equivalent to the whole world, I will greet him with forgiveness equal to it. - Edward Howe Forbush
Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues. - Joseph Hall
Robert Frost's triumph was not being at John Kennedy's inauguration ceremony, but the day when he put the last period on 'West-Running Brook. - Joseph Brodsky
How much reverence can you have for a Supreme Being who finds it necessary to include such phenomena as phlegm and tooth decay in His divine system of Creation? What in the world was running through that warped, evil, scatological mind of His when He robbed old people of the power to control their bowel movements? - Joseph Heller
"Man imposes his own limitations, don't set any"-Anthony Bailey
"Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage"-George Patton
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.-Japanese Proverb
Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.
It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed.
Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up.
It knows that it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve.
It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or a gazelle
when the sun comes up you'd better be running.
(But, unless you're a runner, you won't understand.)-Anon
Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character.-- T. Alan Armstrong
The greatest pleasure in life, is doing the things people say we cannot do.-- Walter Bagehot
My feeling is that any day I am too busy to run is a day that I am too busy.--John Bryant
Cowards die many times before their deaths, the valiant never taste death but once.--Julius Ceaser
The nine inches right here; set it straight and you can beat anybody in the world.--Sebastian Coe
The great thing about athletics is that it's like poker, sometimes you know what's in your hand and it may be a load of rubbish, but you've got to keep up the front.--Sebastian Coe
Tomorrow is another day, and there will be another battle!--Sebastian Coe
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.-- Confucius
All it takes is all you got.--Marc Davis
Run like hell and get the agony over with.--Clarence DeMar
The five S's of sports training are: Stamina, Speed, Strength, Skill and Spirit;
but the greatest of these is Spirit.--Ken Doherty
The only tactics I admire are do-or-die--Herb Elliott
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors.
Try to be better than yourself.--William Faulkner
You have a choice. You can throw in the towel, or you can use it to wipe the sweat off of your face.--Gatorade
Ability is what you are capable of doing.
Motivation determines what you do.
Attitude determines how well you do it.--Lou Holtz
It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it.--Brooks Johnson
If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want -- Why? Because
(a) you'll burn all the calories you consume,
(b) you deserve it, and
(c) you'll be injured soon and back on a restricted diet anyway.--Don Kardong
Other people may not have high expectations of me, but I have high expectations for myself.-- Shannon Miller
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.--- Will Rogers
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.--Theodore Roosevelt
You can fight without ever winning,
but never ever, win without a fight.--Rush (the Band)
I had as many doubts as anyone else. Standing on the starting line, we're all cowards.-- Alberto Salazar
"The thing about Pre is that he ran as hard as he could every race, and if you were going to beat him, you were going to have to run harder than he did."--Bob Kennedy
"When you are a up-and-coming runner in the U.S., and making some breakthroughs in distances, Pre is still the man that you are compared to. It's always based on Pre."--Bob Kennedy
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.--Seneca
Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can.-Lowell Thomas
Good judgement is the result of experience, experience is the result of bad judgment.--Mark Twain
Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have nature and that is much better.--Juha Vaatainen
Success is to be measured 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
Running is real and relatively simple…but it ain't easy.--Mark Will-Weber
Once you're beat mentally, you might as well not even go to the starting line.--Todd Williams
"The will to win is worthless, without the will to prepare."-Unknown
"Cross Country: No half times, no time outs, no substitutions. It must be the only true sport"-Unknown
"Running is a mental sport...and we're all insane!"-Unknown
Learn to run when feeling the pain: then push harder.-Unknown
"If you want to win a race, you have to go a little berserk."-Unknown
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars- Les Brown
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.- Martin Luther King, Jr.
If you want to make God laugh, just try and make plans for the future.- Ron Litzler
The true test of a man's character is what he does when he knows he won't get caught.-Anonymous
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.-Thomas Jefferson
"No one ever drowned in sweat."-Unknown
"Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts."-Dan Gable
"To win without risk is to triumph without glory."-Pierre Cornielle
"In running, it doesn't matter whether you come in first, in the middle of the pack, or last. You can say 'I have finished.' There is a lot of satisfaction in that."-Unknown
""Only think of two things - the report of the pistol and the tape. When you hear one, run like hell until you break the other."-Sam Mussabini
"It's rude to count people as you pass them. Out loud."-Adidas ad
"Some people don't have the guts for distance racing. The polite term for them is sprinters." -Unknown
"Cross Country philosophy...the faster you run the faster you're done.-Unknown
"Pain is only temporary,
Pride is forever,
Pain passes with time and Time passes,
therefore Pain is just a strain on the Brain without Refrain,
and that's why Cross Country runners are Insane."-Unknown
"Listen to your body. Do not be a blind and deaf tenant."-Dr. George Sheehan
Pain is weakness leaving the body.-Tom Sobal
We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon.-Emil Zatopek
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.-Anonymous
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.-John Bingham
Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or gazelle - when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.-Anonymous
Champions aren't made in the gym. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.-Muhammad Ali
People don't play sports because it's fun.
Ask any athlete, most of them hate it, but they couldn't imagine their life without it.
It's part of them, the love/hate relationship. It's what they live for.
They live for the practices, parties, cheers, long bus rides, invitationals, countless pairs of shoes, water, Gatorade, and coaches you hate but appreciate.
They live for the way it feels when they beat the other team, and knowing those two extra sprints they ran in practice were worth it.
They live for the way they become a family with their team, they live for the countless songs they sing in their head while training all those hours.
They live for the competition, they live for the friends, the practices, the memories, the pain...it's who they are.
Anonymous
People ask why I run. I say "If you have to ask, you will never understand".
It is something only those select few know.
Those who put themselves through pain, but deep down know how good it feels.-Anonymous
Don't ask me why I run. Ask yourself why you don't.-Anonymous
Champions know that if they want to win they have to be prepared to constantly change the game plan and challenge themselves and their performance. Have you changed your game plan to success?-Anonymous
People ask me why I run so fast, I say,” What do you do when you hear a gun?”-Anonymous
The winning line determines who has worked hard during practice days.-Marius Wilters
Pain is your only weakness.-Anonymous
The thing about distance runners is at one point or another they will always catch someone who is ahead of them.-Tom Berrum
It’s funner with a runner.-Anonymous
Running won't kill you, you will pass out first.-Anonymous
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.-Steve Prefontaine
If you are afraid to hurt, then you must be terrified to succeed.-Jordan Stephenson
A smiling runner, is a happy runner.-Anonymous
There is a champion within everyone just waiting to be released.-Anonymous