Cross Country Motivational Quotes

• The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.

  Roger Bannister

  Motivational, Success, Fitness

  "The Spirituality Of Running" by Jim Friedrich, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 5, 2016.

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  Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

  Lou Holtz

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• 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.

  Alan Armstrong

  Sports, Running, Athlete

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• 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

  Running, Pain, Race

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• Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Motivational, Running, Fitness

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• The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.

  Ken Doherty

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.

  William Faulkner

  Inspirational, Running, Dream

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• The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.

  John Bingham

  Inspirational, Softball, Sports

  John Bingham (1999). “The Courage To Start: A Guide To Running for Your Life”, p.210, Simon and Schuster

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• Cross Country: No half times, no time outs, no substitutions. It must be the only true sport.

  Chuck Norris

  Sports, Country, Track

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  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.

  Jacqueline Gareau

  Motivational, Fitness, Running

  "Diversification and Discipline Are Key to Investing in Gold" by Frank Holmes, www.businessinsider.com. August 21, 2014.

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• It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better be running.

  Abe Gubegna

  Running, Athletic, Matter

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• The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat.

  Bill Squires

  Running, Cat, Long

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  It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

  John Ruskin

  Change, Running, Rainy Day

  "The Use Of Life". Book by John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury. Chapter 4: "Recreation", 1894.

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• To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

  Steve Prefontaine

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  "Pre: Americas Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine". Book by Tom Jordan, 1977.

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• If you want to become the best runner you can be, start now. Don't spend the rest of your life wondering if you can do it.

  Priscilla Welch

  Motivational, Softball, Running

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• Sweat cleanses from the inside. It comes from places a shower will never reach.

  George A. Sheehan

  Running, Sweat, Showers

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• In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it.

  Sam Snead

  Running, Golf, Track

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• Attitude determines how well you do it.

  Lou Holtz

  Motivational Sports, Attitude, Exercise

  Lou Holtz (2009). “Winning Every Day: The Game Plan for Success”, p.14, Harper Collins

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• The important thing is the attitude of the athlete, the desire to get to the top.

  Herb Elliott

  Running, Attitude, Athlete

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• It hurts up to a point and then it doesn't get any worse.

  Ann Trason

  Inspirational, Running, Hurt

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• Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop.

  Lewis Carroll

  Running, Philosophy, Philosophical

  'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' (1865) ch. 12

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• 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

  Inspirational, Running, Track And Field

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• A lot of people don't realize that about 98 percent of the running I put in is anything but glamorous: 2 percent joyful participation, 98 percent dedication! It's a tough formula. Getting out in the forest in the biting cold and the flattening heat, and putting in kilometer after kilometer.

  Robert de Castella

  Running, Dedication, People

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• The start of a World Cross Country event is like riding a horse in the middle of a buffalo stampede. It's a thrill if you keep up, but one slip and you're nothing but hoof prints.

  Ed Eyestone

  Running, Country, Horse

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