Inspirational Running Quotes - Page 10

• Running is ultimately a personal experience. It is a revival of the spirit, a private oasis for the thirsty mind. Yet, its healing power only increases in the presence of others. Run together and the oasis grows cooler and more satisfying.

  Amby Burfoot

  Running, Healing, Oasis

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• Running is 80 percent mental.

  Joan Benoit

  Running, Percent

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• God determines how fast you're going to run; I can help only with the mechanics.

  Bill Bowerman

  Running, Helping, Mechanic

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• Several of my critics have said, 'Bowerman just tacks up a piece of paper in the locker room and turns his runners loose.' They're partially right. I do give the athletes a relatively free rein and for good reason. One of my principles is? 'Don't overcoach.'

  Bill Bowerman

  Running, Athlete, Giving

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• You have to go through cycles of extreme poverty and suffering for a while; they are used to that...They get up early, run hard, rest drink tea, get out and run hard again. Wehn Simon Dirorie gets up at 4 a.m. - I'm dedicated, but I'm not that dedicated.

  Keith Brantly

  Running, Up Early, Tea

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• 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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• The mile has a classic symmetry....It's a play in four acts.

  John Landy

  Running, Play, Track

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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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• Anyone can run 20 miles. It's the next six that count.

  Barry Magee

  Running, Six, Next

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• I think that diversity is key for the next American entrepreneurs. They want to be a part of this society where there is so much diversity they have to have people from all the experiences.

  Russell Simmons

  Thinking, Keys, People

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• Some might say that it's easier to be the runner than the runner's family.

  Robert de Castella

  Running, Might, Easier

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• I think if you're open-minded, the road will take you where it takes you. If you're closed, you might not get to go where the road is heading.

  Russell Simmons

  Running, Journey, Thinking

  FaceBook post by Russell Simmons from Sep 20, 2015

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• The most beautiful motion is that which accomplishes the greatest results with the least amount of effort.

  Plato

  Beautiful, Running, Effort

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• Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete.

  Bill Shoemaker

  Success, Congratulations, Athlete

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• Endurance? You've only got to get out there and do it. Face up to it: man was meant to run.

  Percy Cerutty

  Running, Men, Endurance

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• The desire to run comes from deep within us — from the unconscious, the intuitive, the instinctive. And that desire becomes a passion when the runner learns to race. Then, the race becomes all — the lovemaking of the runner.

  George A. Sheehan

  Running, Desire, Deep Within

  "Dr. George Sheehan on getting fit & feeling great".

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• Every time I fail I assume I will be a stronger person for it.

  Joan Benoit

  Being Strong, Running, Strong Women

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• We all know that if you run, you are pretty much choosing a life of success because of it.

  Deena Kastor

  Running, Knows, Ifs

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• Running well is a matter of having the patience to persevere when we are tired and not expecting instant results.

  Robert de Castella

  Running, Tired, Matter

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• Passion is pushing myself when there is no one else around-just me and the road.

  Ryan Shay

  Sports, Running, Passion

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• There is something about the ritual of the race - putting on the number, lining up, being timed - that brings out the best in us.

  Grete Waitz

  Running, Race, Numbers

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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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• 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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• I cannot have survival as my only goal. That would be too boring. My goal is to come back in my best running form. It is good for me to have that goal; it will help me.

  Ludmila Engquist

  Running, Goal, Survival

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• There are times when you run a marathon and you wonder, Why am I doing this? But you take a drink of water, and around the next bend, you get your wind back, remember the finish line, and keep going.

  Steve Jobs

  Running, Bad Day, Wind

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