Runners Quotes - Page 7

• To say that politics is not a part of sports is not being realistic. When I run, I am more than a runner. I am a diplomat, an ambassador for my country.

  Filbert Bayi

  Sports, Running, Country

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• I said last week that the number on Jean's back does not matter. He stays effective as a runner, decision-maker and leader.

  Allister Coetzee

  Numbers, Decision, Leader

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• If I run I lose so much weight, which I need because you're limited on weight when you are a tall driver. And have you seen marathon runners? They're quite skinny.

  Jenson Button

  Running, Needs, Weight

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• Ultimately, the best runners are the ones who are willing to work very hard but who have a little bit of a lazy streak in them.

  Benji Durden

  Lazy, Littles, Streaks

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• When I saw 'Blade Runner,' my understanding was that 'Blade Runner' and 'Alien' were sequels to each other - or they were related. They were set in the same world.

  Damon Lindelof

  Understanding, Blade Runner, World

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• Let's try to find ten good things to say about Albert Belle:
  10. So far as we know, he's never killed anyone.
  9. He is handsome, and built like a God.
  8. He played every game.
  7. He has never appeared on the Jerry Springer Show.
  6. He was an underrated base runner who was rarely caught stealing.
  5. He hasn't been arrested in several years.
  4. He is very bright.
  3. He works hard.
  2. He has never spoken favorably about Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, or any other foreign madman.
  1. The man could hit.

  Bill James

  Hard Work, Men, Years

  Bill James (2001). “The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract”

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• Is beer good for runners? Sure...if it's the other guy drinking it.

  Jim Fixx

  Drinking, Beer, Guy

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• I am a lonely runner, but I am a long-distance runner.

  Louise Bourgeois

  Lonely, Distance, Long

  Source: www.procuniarworkshop.com

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• To be a runner is to learn continual life lessons. To be a coach is not just to teach these lessons but also to feel them in the core of your marrow. The very act of surpassing personal limits in training and racing will bend the mind and body toward a higher purpose for the rest of my runners' lives. Settling for mediocrity-settling instead of pushing-those who learn to be the best version of themselves know the secret to a full life.

  Martin Dugard

  Life Lesson, Training, Mind

  Martin Dugard (2011). “To Be a Runner: How Racing Up Mountains, Running with the Bulls, or Just Taking On a 5-K Makes You a Better Person (and the World a Better Place)”, p.15, Rodale

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• It doesn't matter how fast or how far you're going. If you're putting on your shoes and going out for a run, you are a runner, you are in that club.

  Kara Goucher

  Running, Shoes, Going Out

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• The fact is, you can't marry the best when you're dating the runner-up. While you're searching for Mr. Right, don't settle for Mr. Right Now.

  Craig Groeschel

  Mr Right, Dating, Facts

  Craig Groeschel (2011). “Love, Sex, and Happily Ever After”, p.93, Multnomah

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• Running is the classical road to self-consciousn ess, self-awareness and self-reliance. Independence is the outstanding characteristic of a runner. He learns the harsh reality of his physical and spiritual limitations when he runs. He learns that personal commitment, sacrifice and determination are his only means to betterment. Runners get promoted only through self-conquest.

  Noel Coward

  Running, Spiritual, Determination

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• Ambition is to be the fastest runner on this planet, to be the first on the South Pole, which is a grotesque perversion of ambition. It's an ego trip, and I'm not on an ego trip. I don't have ambitions - I have a vision.

  Werner Herzog

  Ambition, Ego, Vision

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• It's what runners do. We keep on keeping on

  Amby Burfoot

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• I am excited to be part of Generation UCAN. I believe this product, its team and the company's vision will change the face of sports nutrition. Since I've been using Generation UCAN for my workouts, I've noticed improvements in both my performance and metabolic state. I recommend all runners try it to experience the benefits firsthand.

  Meb Keflezighi

  Sports, Workout, Team

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• I don't think I would have been such a good runner if I hadn't enjoyed it.

  Grete Waitz

  Running, Thinking, Enjoyed

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• Well, fortunately we found out that the runner-up our particular year was going to get a record contract also. So it was kind of a - it was bitter sweet but it was an opportunity.

  Clay Aiken

  Sweet, Opportunity, Years

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• In addition to the well-known benefits of health and well-being derived from exercise, there are other unique advantages to being a runner. You are more attuned to not only your body but also the world around you. The outdoor life you lead as a runner gives you a special relationship with your surroundings: nature, the climate, the seasons. As you depend on these things to accommodate your activity, you grow to understand and appreciate them.

  Grete Waitz

  Inspirational, Exercise, Unique

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• Rigel, Betelgeuse, and Orion. There was no finer church, no finer choir, than the stars speaking in silence to the many consumptives silently condemned, a legion upon the dark rooftops. The wind came down from the north like a runner in lacrosse, violent and hard, to batter every living thing. They were there, each one alone in conversation with the stars, mining ephemeral love from cold and distant light.

  Mark Helprin

  Stars, Dark, Light

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• My parents had irrational fears of Mexico and assumed that once you crossed the border, drug runners made you swallow a heroin balloon and then within the hour you were in a bathtub full of ice and they were harvesting your kidneys.

  Justin Halpern

  Ice, Parent, Drug

  Justin Halpern (2010). “Shit My Dad Says”, p.111, Pan Macmillan

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• We runners talk about having fun but I don't think anybody believes us. We talk about discipline and endurance, we take care, we exercise caution, we watch our diets and monitor our pace. We are ascetics who talk, unconvincingly, of the bracing enjoyment of self-abuse.

  Peter Sagal

  Fun, Believe, Exercise

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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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• It's always, 'Are you the runner girl?' I say, 'My name is Sally actually.' I used to always get that at school as well, 'Are you the runner girl?' I'm not even the runner girl, I'm a hurdler.

  Sally Pearson

  Girl, School, Names

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I name (Honus) Wagner first on my list, not only because he was a great batting champion and base-runner, and also baseball's foremost shortstop, but because Honus (Wagner) could have been first at any other position, with the possible exception of pitcher. In all my career, I never saw such a versatile player.

  John McGraw

  Baseball, Player, Names

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• There is a growing subculture of barefoot runners, people who got rid of their shoes. And what they have found uniformly is you get rid of the shoes, you get rid of the stress, you get rid of the injuries and the ailments.

  Christopher McDougall

  Motivation, Stress, Inspiration

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