A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.
I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be strong. You always go too far for your body. You must handle the pain with strategy...It is not age; it is not diet. It is the will to succeed.
There's no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes.
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.
I run to see who has the most guts.
It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.
Tomorrow is another day, and there will be another battle!
No doubt a brain and some shoes are essential for marathon success, although if it comes down to a choice, pick the shoes. More people finish marathons with no brains than with no shoes.
The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life.
When you put yourself on the line in a race and expose yourself to the unknown, you learn things about yourself that are very exciting.
People called me "Slim" and "Daddy Long Legs." My best friend Martine named me Daddy Long Legs after she saw me running track. She was making fun of me!
I started running track when I was 13 years old, as a freshman in high school. I ran the 400 meters, which is a very tough race and a full sprint.
I've come to the possible conclusion that being a comedic writer/director is like running track. You do it for a certain amount of time and then you have to stop. Or you at least have to accept that you're not going to be at the top of your game. And that's OK.
Running is so natural to me. When I was running track, people used to ask me, "When are you gonna start running hard?" The wind hits me in the face, and I feel so smooth - Man, I love to run!
I was running track early in my years and I was breaking track records in sprint running. I was training and I wanted to be in the Olympics. I thought I was going to be able to win a gold medal, and my mind was pretty much set on 'this is what I want to do'.
I never really loved school through junior high, but then I started running track my freshman year, and I was just like, 'Wow, this is cool!
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