Inspirational Running Quotes - Page 9

• A runners creed: I will win; if I cannot win, I shall be second; if I cannot be second, I shall be third; if I cannot place at all, I shall still do my best.

  Ken Doherty

  Running, Winning, Creeds

  Ken Doherty (1964). “Modern training for running”, Prentice Hall

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• The real purpose of running isn't to win a race, it's to test the limits of the human heart.

  Bill Bowerman

  Running, Real, Heart

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• Runners...you're competitive, but you want to have fun, too. You want to enjoy life. And runners really get to do that, I think-after we recover.

  Bill Rodgers

  Running, Fun, Thinking

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• I think I get used to, even addicted to, the feelings associated with the end of a long training run. I love feeling empty, clean, worn out, starving, and sweat-purged. I love the good ache of muscles that have done me proud. I love the way a cold beer tastes later that afternoon. I love the way my body feels light and sinewy.

  Kristin Armstrong

  Running, Beer, Thinking

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• Stepping outside the comfort zone is the price I pay to find out how good I can be. If I planned on backing off every time running got difficult I would hang up my shoes and take up knitting.

  Desiree Linden

  Running, Shoes, Knitting

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• Thank God for running. It is the ultimate detox for me, whether my poison is bubbles, a foul mood, or a bad attitude. If I combat inertia, get out, and get moving, eventually every kind of toxin works its way out.

  Kristin Armstrong

  Running, Attitude, Moving

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• Running has taken me in, and continues to comfort, heal and challenge me in all kinds of magical ways. I am not a 'good runner' because I am me. I am a good 'me' because I am a runner.

  Kristin Armstrong

  Running, Taken, Challenges

  Kristin Armstrong (2011). “Mile Markers: The 26.2 Most Important Reasons Why Women Run”, p.3, Rodale

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• If the coach cannot do it, he cannot 'teach' it-only talk about it.

  Percy Cerutty

  Training, Teach, Coaches

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• There is an expression among even the most advanced runners that getting your shoes on is the hardest part of any workout

  Kathrine Switzer

  Motivational, Running, Workout

  Kathrine Switzer (2014). “Running & Walking for Women Over 40”, p.26, Diversion Books

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• As I get, I give. Giving as you get is critical. It has everything to do with being happy for yourself, and making others happy is the cause of making yourself happy, and it’s the cycle of giving and getting.

  Russell Simmons

  Motivational, Giving, Causes

  "Russell Simmons Interview With ORIGIN Magazine: How To Make Positive Changes". Interview With Ocean Pleasant, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 3, 2013.

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• The first mile is mental. The rest are all heart.

  Summer Sanders

  Running, Heart, Firsts

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

  Amby Burfoot

  Running, Mind, Easy

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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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• 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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• 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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• I think there's only one sensible place for a person to be at 5:30 in the morning. That's in bed. And what am I doing? I'm out running. And I completely hate this.

  Derek Clayton

  Running, Morning, Hate

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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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• 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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