I run to see who has the most guts.
Ask yourself: 'Can I give more?'. The answer is usually: 'Yes'.
You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming.
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.
There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
Good things come slow, especially in distance running.
I always loved running.... It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.
Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.
In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it.
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.
I always loved running... it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.
Go in any direction..seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.
The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.
There's no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes.
There's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing
There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.
Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.
The marathon can humble you.
To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who's never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who was born blind.
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