Inspirational Track Quotes

Good things come slow, especially in distance running.

Bill Dellinger

Running, Giving Up, Distance

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Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.

Oprah Winfrey

Motivational, Running, Fitness

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I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

Booker T. Washington

Inspirational, Life, Success

Booker T. Washington (1901). “An Autobiography: The Story of My Life and Work, the Original Brought Up-to-date with Over Half a Hundred Full Page Photo and Halftone Engravings and Drawings by Frank Beard”

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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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Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

Will Rogers

Inspirational, Funny, Life

"The Graduation Speech I'd Give, if Anyone Asked" by Karina Bland, www.azcentral.com. June 03, 2015.

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Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Lou Holtz

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.

Steve Prefontaine

Motivational, Running, Art

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Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative.

Steve Prefontaine

Motivational, Beautiful, Running

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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

Steve Prefontaine

Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

"Pre: Americas Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine". Book by Tom Jordan, 1977.

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We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

Jesse Owens

Inspirational, Motivational, Running

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Strength to Love (1963) ch. 3

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A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

John Burroughs

Inspirational, Positive, Running

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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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To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

Pierre Corneille

Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Thomas A. Edison

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"From Telegraph to Light Bulb with Thomas Edison". Book by Deborah Headstrom-Page, 2007.

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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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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

Seneca the Younger

Inspirational, Success, Uplifting

"Moral Letters to Lucilius (Letter LXXXIV)". Book by Seneca the Younger, 1920.

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You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.

Steve Prefontaine

Running, Track, Aviation

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It hurts up to a point and then it doesn't get any worse.

Ann Trason

Inspirational, Running, Hurt

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

Sebastian Coe

Inspirational, Motivational, Running

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You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming.

Frank Shorter

Inspirational, Running, Mind

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Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

Dan Gable

Sports, Determination, Wrestling

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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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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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