Inspirational Running Quotes - Page 12

• Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.

  Russell Simmons

  Educational, Knowledge, Poverty

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• I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan: to win.

  Mark Spitz

  Inspirational, Sports, Running

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• Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.

  Steven Wright

  Fun, Work, Distance

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• The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Motivational, Track, Meditation

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• When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Karma, Running

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• People think I'm crazy to put myself through such torture, though I would argue otherwise. Somewhere along the line we seem to have confused comfort with happiness... Dostoyevsky had it right: 'Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.' Never are my senses more engaged than when the pain sets in. There is a magic in misery. Just ask any runner.

  Dean Karnazes

  Running, Pain, Confused

  "Ultramarathon Man". Book by Dean Karnazes, March 17, 2005.

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• Relentless Forward Motion!

  Tom Riley

  Running, Relentless, Forward Motion

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• Runners are the ultimate celebration people. Running is just so intense, you're really experiencing life to the fullest.

  Bill Rodgers

  Running, People, Celebration

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• Well I was born to run, to get ahead of the rest. And all that I wanted was to be the best Just to feel free and be someone I was born to be fast, I was born to run .

  Emmylou Harris

  Running, Being The Best, Born To Run

  Song: BORN TO RUN Words and Music by Paul Kennerley, Album: The Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches and Highways

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• You can actually suffer a little bit more going slowly than when you're going really fast. A faster marathon might even be easier than a slow one, in terms of what it takes out of you mentally.

  Frank Shorter

  Running, Suffering, Littles

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• There was nothing unusual about my victory. The entire story was back in eighth place. There is simply no way to imagine how good Jim Ryun is or how far he will go after he becomes an adult. What he did was more significant than Roger Bannister's first mile under 4 minutes.

  Dyrol Burleson

  Running, Victory, Adults

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• Almost every part of the mile is tactically important: you can never let down, never stop thinking, and you can be beaten at almost any point. I suppose you could say it is like life.

  John Landy

  Running, Inspirational Life, Thinking

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• Well, no athlete respects a big, fat coach who's going to stand there and rest the watch on his stomach.

  Arthur Lydiard

  Running, Athlete, Watches

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• Avoid any diet that discourages the use of hot fudge.

  Don Kardong

  Running, Weight Loss, Hot

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• Motivation remains key to the marathon: the motivation to begin; the motivation to continue; the motivation never to quit.

  Hal Higdon

  Running, Motivation, Keys

  Hal Higdon (2011). “Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide: Advice, Plans, and Programs for Half and Full Marathons”, p.207, Rodale

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• Few things in life match the thrill of a marathon.

  Fred Lebow

  Running, Things In Life, Thrill

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• The key to running a good marathon is to not listen to anyone's advice the last week before the race. That's when people tend to do stupid things that disrupt all the input and training of the previous months.

  Don Kardong

  Running, Stupid, Keys

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• Concentrate on small segments of your race at a time. For example, rather than obsessing about the distance that remains, simply complete the next mile in good form...try another, then another, until the race is done.

  Jerry Lynch

  Running, Distance, Race

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• Like the marathon, life can sometimes be difficult, challenging and present obstacles, however if you believe in your dreams and never ever give up, things will turn out for the best.

  Meb Keflezighi

  Inspirational, Life, Running

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• The marathon never ceases to be a race of joy, a race of wonder.

  Hal Higdon

  Running, Race, Joy

  Hal Higdon (2011). “Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide: Advice, Plans, and Programs for Half and Full Marathons”, p.17, Rodale

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• I want to run every race with a big heart.

  Ryan Hall

  Running, Heart, Race

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• The stuff I do, I do every day, and I've been doing it for long periods of time. I don't start and quit-ever. I start and stay on it.

  Russell Simmons

  Running, Long, Stuff

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• Running has never failed to give me great end results, and that's why I keep coming back for more!

  Sasha Azevedo

  Fitness, Running, Giving

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• My greatest ideas stem from running.

  Sasha Azevedo

  Running, Ideas, Stem

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• It may not always feel wonderful. but you're out there doing it. You're running while others are just walking. Or sitting around. I mean, come on - you're out there running, for goodness sake. You're to be taken seriously.

  Deborah Reber

  Running, Taken, Mean

  Deborah Reber (2005). “Run for Your Life: A Book for Beginning Women Runners”, p.31, iUniverse

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