Race Motivational Quotes

• 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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• Ask yourself: 'Can I give more?'. The answer is usually: 'Yes'.

  Paul Tergat

  Motivational, Running, Athlete

  "Coeurs d'athlètes". Sport/Documentary, 2003.

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• What's behind you doesn't matter.

  Enzo Ferrari

  Motivational, Motor Racing, Car

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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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• When you put yourself on the line in a race and expose yourself to the unknown, you learn things about yourself that are very exciting.

  Doris Brown Heritage

  Running, Race, Track And Field

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• The crashes people remember, but drivers remember the near misses.

  Mario Andretti

  Nascar Racing, People, Missing

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

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• Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than others.

  Ayrton Senna

  Motor Racing, Littles, Limits

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• Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports... all the others are games.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Funny, Sports, Real

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• Newman's first law: It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down.

  Paul Newman

  Law, Racing, Useless

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• It is amazing how many drivers, even at the Formula One Level, think that the brakes are for slowing the car down.

  Mario Andretti

  Motivational, Thinking, Nascar Racing

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

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• To achieve anything in this game you must be prepare to dabble in the boundary of disaster.

  Stirling Moss

  Motivational, Motor Racing, Games

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• Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines.

  Enzo Ferrari

  Motor Racing, Aerodynamics, Car

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

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  Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

  Lance Armstrong

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  "It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life". Book by Lance Armstrong and Sally Jenkins, May 22, 2000.

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• He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  Twitter post from Jan 09, 2011

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• Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go. It helps us to find out what we are made of. This is what we do. This is what it's all about.

  PattiSue Plumer

  Inspirational, Motivational, Running

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• The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.

  John Bingham

  Inspirational, Softball, Sports

  John Bingham (1999). “The Courage To Start: A Guide To Running for Your Life”, p.210, Simon and Schuster

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• Just put one foot in front of the other.

  Austin Peck

  Running, Perseverance, Hiking

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• It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

  Vince Lombardi

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.31, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The winner ain't the one with the fastest car. It's the one who refuses to lose.

  Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

  Motivational, Sports, Motor Racing

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• The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.

  Juma Ikangaa

  Motivational, Running, Mean

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• Listen to your body. Do not be a blind and deaf tenant.

  George A. Sheehan

  Running, Endurance, Body

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• Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog.

  Damon Hill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Dog

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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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• 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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• 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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