Track Running Quotes

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

Steve Prefontaine

Running, Track, Aviation

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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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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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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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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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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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The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be strong. You always go too far for your body. You must handle the pain with strategy...It is not age; it is not diet. It is the will to succeed.

Jacqueline Gareau

Motivational, Fitness, Running

"Diversification and Discipline Are Key to Investing in Gold" by Frank Holmes, www.businessinsider.com. August 21, 2014.

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

Juma Ikangaa

Motivational, Running, Mean

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Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.

Lynn Jennings

Motivational, Sports, Running

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If you want to become the best runner you can be, start now. Don't spend the rest of your life wondering if you can do it.

Priscilla Welch

Motivational, Softball, Running

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Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can.

Lowell Thomas

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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

Ranulph Fiennes

Running, Adventure, Weather

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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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Your body will argue that there is no justifiable reason to continue. Your only recourse is to call on your spirit, which fortunately functions independently of logic.

Tim Noakes

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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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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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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The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.

Roger Bannister

Motivational, Success, Fitness

"The Spirituality Of Running" by Jim Friedrich, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 5, 2016.

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Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Confucius

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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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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When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less.

Paul Brown

Motivational, Sports, Running

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There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.

Bill Bowerman

Funny, Motivational, Nike

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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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In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it.

Sam Snead

Running, Golf, Track

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