Motivational Running Quotes - Page 5

• To get to the finish line, you'll have to try lots of different paths.

  Amby Burfoot

  Running, Trying, Lines

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• It is better, I think, to begin easily and get your running to be smooth and relaxed and then to go faster and faster.

  Henry Rono

  Running, Thinking, Smooth

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• Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Motivational, Wisdom, Perseverance

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.

  Carl Lewis

  Basketball, Sports, Running

  Carl Lewis, Jeffrey Marx (1992). “Inside track: my professional life in amateur track and field”, Fireside

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• The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Motivational, Running, Attitude

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• If you feel bad at 10 miles, you're in trouble. If you feel bad at 20 miles, you're normal. If you don't feel bad at 26 miles, you're abnormal.

  Robert de Castella

  Running, Inspirational Sports, Bad Day

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• Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.

  Paavo Nurmi

  Motivational, Sports, Running

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• There's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing

  Ranulph Fiennes

  Running, Adventure, Weather

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• Dream barriers look very high until someone climbs them. They are not barriers anymore.

  Lasse Viren

  Motivational, Sports, Running

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• Attitude determines how well you do it.

  Lou Holtz

  Motivational Sports, Attitude, Exercise

  Lou Holtz (2009). “Winning Every Day: The Game Plan for Success”, p.14, Harper Collins

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• I succeed on my own personal motivation, dedication, and commitment. My mindset is: If I'm not out there training, someone else is.

  Lynn Jennings

  Motivational, Success, Encouraging

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• Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not.

  George A. Sheehan

  Sports, Running, Athlete

  George A. Sheehan, George Sheehan (1992). “Dr. George Sheehan on getting fit & feeling great”, Outlet

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• The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life.

  George A. Sheehan

  Running, Obsession, Track Runners

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• The reason we race isn't so much to beat each other... but to be with each other.

  Christopher McDougall

  Running, Race, Reason

  FaceBook post by Christopher McDougall from Nov 08, 2016

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• Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is much better.

  Juha Vaatainen

  Running, Marathon, Stadiums

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• Workouts are like brushing my teeth; I don't think about them, I just do them. The decision has already been made.

  PattiSue Plumer

  Motivational, Fitness, Running

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• Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Perseverance, Determination, Persistence

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• Out on the roads there is fitness and self-discovery and the persons we were destined to be.

  George A. Sheehan

  Running, Discovery, Self

  George A. Sheehan, George Sheehan (1992). “Dr. George Sheehan on getting fit & feeling great”, Outlet

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• People sometimes sneer at those who run every day, claiming they'll go to any length to live longer. But don't think that's the reason most people run. Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest.

  Haruki Murakami

  Running, Live Life, Thinking

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• Anything is possible, but you have to believe and you have to fight.

  Lance Armstrong

  Running, Believe, Fighting

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• Life (and running) is not all about time but about our experiences along the way.

  Jennifer Rhines

  Running, Inspirational Running, Way

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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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• It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it.

  Brooks Johnson

  Running, Distance, Track

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• If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk.

  Bill Rodgers

  Running, Winning, Race

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• There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

  Joe Strummer

  Perseverance, Determination, Persistence

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