Motivational running Quotes · Page 2

The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat.

— Bill Squires

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

— Jennifer Rhines

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

— John Bingham

Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I…

— Steve Prefontaine

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

— George A. Sheehan

Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: that's the essence of running, and a metaphor for life

— Haruki Murakami

Today was not about times, it was about getting in there, enjoying the race, and enjoying the atmosphere

— Paula Radcliffe

The athlete who says that something can't be done should never interrupt the one who's doing it

— John Wooden

Love yourself, for who and what you are; protect your dream and develop your talent to the fullest extent.

— Joan Benoit

To know you are one with what you are doing, to know that you are a complete athlete, begins with believing you…

— George A. Sheehan

I was unable to walk for a whole week after that, so much did the race take out of me. But it…

— Emil Zatopek

If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your…

— John Bingham

I have never been a killer. I'm not an aggressive personality and if I can remember any emotion I felt during a…

— Herb Elliott

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…

— Robert de Castella

The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be…

— Jacqueline Gareau

I am a runner because I run. Not because I run fast. Not because I run far. I am a runner because…

— John Bingham

The difference between the mile and the marathon is the difference between burning your fingers with a match and being slowly roasted…

— Hal Higdon

There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run…

— George A. Sheehan

If you're going to while away the years, it's far better to live them with clear goals and fully alive then in…

— Haruki Murakami

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…

— Haruki Murakami

Twenty seconds before a race, there's absolute focus. The key thing is to achieve relaxation, but at the same to have absolute…

— Cathy Freeman

You must have a training routine so that what you do happens automatically. If I got up in the morning and thought…

— Robert de Castella

The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit

— George A. Sheehan

I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners.

— Sebastian Coe

No negative thoughts cross my mind on race day. When I look into their eyes, I know I'm going to beat them.

— Danny Harris

Anybody running beats anybody walking, and anybody walking beats anybody sitting.

— Tom Bunk

Progress is rarely a straight line. There are always bumps in the road, but you can make the choice to keep looking…

— Kara Goucher

Passion is pushing myself when there is no one else around-just me and the road.

— Ryan Shay

I run to breathe the fresh air. I run to explore. I run to escape the ordinary.

— Dean Karnazes

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

— Brooks Johnson

You don't stop running because you get old, you get old because you stop running.

— Christopher McDougall

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

— PattiSue Plumer

The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.

— Steve Prefontaine

Don't let worn-out beliefs stop you from moving beyond yourself.

— John Bingham

Do the work. Do the analysis. But feel your run. Feel your race. Feel the joy that is running.

— Kara Goucher

Make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up.

— George S. Patton

I always loved running… It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.

— Jesse Owens

Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.

— William Faulkner

It's a treat being a runner, out in the world by yourself with not a soul to make you bad-tempered or tell…

— Alan Sillitoe

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

— George A. Sheehan