Inspirational Running Quotes - Page 9

• Success does not come to the most righteous and rigorously disciplined but to those who continue running.

  Amby Burfoot

  Running, Doe, Righteous

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• To make your life a work of art, you must have the material to work with. The race, any race, is just such an experience.

  George A. Sheehan

  Running, Art, Race

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• The most important day in any running program is rest. Rest days give your muscles time to recover so you can run again. Your muscles build in strength as you rest.

  Hal Higdon

  Running, Giving, Important

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• 1. Stress improvement, not perfection (or winning). 2. Don't take yourself too seriously; laugh at yourself and have fun. 3. Set attainable goals; reach them and then set higher ones. 4. Be positive, walk tall, smile often, don't complain or procrastinate. 5. Prepare purposely, but don't overtrain. 6. Remember- Sports is a game and meant to be enjoyable.

  Dick Gould

  Sports, Running, Fun

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• I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and I'm damned if I'm going to use up mine running up and down a street.

  Neil Armstrong

  Fitness, Running, Believe

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• Don't give up on the impossible before you try it.

  Clarence Munn

  Running, Giving Up, Don't Give Up

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  Run often. Run long. But never outrun your joy of running.

  Julie Isphording

  Running, Long, Joy

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• I don't think jogging is healthy, especially morning jogging. If morning joggers knew how tempting they looked to morning motorists, they would stay home and do sit-ups.

  Rita Rudner

  Running, Morning, Home

  Rita Rudner (1993). “Naked Beneath My Clothes: Tales of a Revealing Nature”, Penguin Group USA

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• I always thought of running as just dancing forward.

  Tom Hiddleston

  Running, Dancing

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• I've always taken the philosophy that you have to dream a little in this sport. If you stay in your comfort zone, you're not going to do anything special.

  Deena Kastor

  Sports, Running, Dream

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• A runner must run with dreams in his heart.

  Emil Zatopek

  Fitness, Running, Dream

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• The one thing that I really appreciate about being a runner is the incredible friendships and camaraderie that we, as runners, share. Although it will always be a cutthroat competition for every spot on every team, our companionship transcends these competitive rivalries.

  Jennifer Rhines

  Running, Team, Appreciate

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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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• If you train your mind for running, everything else will be easy.

  Amby Burfoot

  Running, Mind, Easy

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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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• 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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• If the hill has its own name, then it's probably a pretty tough hill.

  Marty Stern

  Running, Names, Tough

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• Any idiot can train himself into the ground; the trick is working in training to get gradually stronger.

  Keith Brantly

  Motivational, Running, Athlete

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• Just do the best with what you have, and you'll soon be doing it better.

  Gil Hodges

  Running, Do The Best

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• I have found my hero and he is me.

  George A. Sheehan

  Running, Hero, Mets

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

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• They say the breaks even up in the long run, and the trick is to be a long-distance runner.

  Chuck Knox

  Running, Distance, Break Even

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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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• Respect your parents. What they tell you is true. Hard work, dedication and faith will get you anything. Imagination will drive itself. You can get anything you want, but you have to have faith behind all your ideas. Stick to your goals and have an undying faith.

  Russell Simmons

  Hard Work, Dedication, Ideas

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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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