Funny Running Quotes

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.

Don Kardong

Inspirational, Running, Shoes

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Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.

William James

Running, Dream, Inspirational Sports

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There's no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes.

Billy Connolly

Being Happy, Running, Adventure

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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 the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.

Christopher McDougall

Inspirational, Motivational, Running

Christopher McDougall (2010). “Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen”, p.13, Profile Books

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Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.

Dean Karnazes

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

Dean Karnazes (2006). “Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner”, p.197, Penguin

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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.

George A. Sheehan

Motivational, Running, Ideas

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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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Ask yourself: 'Can I give more?'. The answer is usually: 'Yes'.

Paul Tergat

Motivational, Running, Athlete

"Coeurs d'athlètes". Sport/Documentary, 2003.

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Trample the weak. Hurdle the dead.

Attila the Hun

Cross Country Running, Weak, Hurdle

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Go in any direction..seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

Paula Radcliffe

Running, Feet, Sight

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Make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up.

George S. Patton

Running, Giving Up, Mind

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Run like hell and get the agony over with.

Clarence DeMar

Inspirational, Running, Agony

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It's unnatural for people to run around the city streets unless they are thieves or victims. It makes people nervous to see someone running. I know that when I see someone running on my street, my instincts tell me to let the dog go after him.

Mike Royko

Running, Dog, Cities

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I think people can handle 150 to 200 miles a week. But something has to give somewhere. If he's a student, how's he going to study? He may be at the age of chasing and courtship, and that's an important form of sport and recreation, too.

Bill Bowerman

Sports, Running, Thinking

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I always loved running.... It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.

Jesse Owens

Running, Endurance, Track And Field

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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 real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit

George A. Sheehan

Running, Real, Voice

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The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.

Erma Bombeck

Funny, Running, Sex

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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A lot of people say they love running because of how they feel afterward. Not me. Well, I love that, too, but it's also so much fun while I'm out there.

Dick Beardsley

Sports, Running, Fun

Dick Beardsley, Maureen Anderson (2004). “Staying the Course: A Runner's Toughest Race”, p.46, U of Minnesota Press

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Running is special. We've all done it: well, poorly, focused, in fear, being pursued, toward a goal. It's just elemental. Running is like fire.

Rob Delaney

Funny, Running, Fear

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When I first started running, I was so embarrassed I'd walk when cars passed me. I'd pretend I was looking at the flowers!

Joan Benoit

Funny, Sports, Running

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I always loved running... it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

Jesse Owens

Motivational, Fitness, Running

Jesse Owens, Paul G. Neimark (1978). “Jesse, a spiritual autobiography”

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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

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners.

Sebastian Coe

Inspirational, Motivational, Running

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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

Funny, Running, Health

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