I'm a runner first before anything else.

Considering that the race is star-studded no runner will be willing to set the pace for the others. This is why a record will…

— Haile Gebrselassie

I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner.

— Haile Gebrselassie

He was not a runner, my father, but he was quick. I always remember it was very difficult to escape from him when he…

— Haile Gebrselassie

I am a runner. That's what I do. That's who I am. Running is all I know, or want, or care about.

— Wendelin Van Draanen

Don't compare yourself with anyone else. The world is full of runners, so you'll probably see one every time you circle the block or…

— Amby Burfoot

The Possibilities in racing tactics are almost unlimited, as in a game of chess, for every move there is a counter, for every attack…

— Franz Stampfl

There is a unique energy surrounding the Boston Marathon that you can't help but feel. It includes every runner and every person along the…

— Amy Hastings

A coach can be like oasis in the desert of a runner's lost enthusiasm.

— Ken Doherty

A runner is real when she takes the first step.

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

The idea of being a show runner was very attractive to me, to create and control something.

— Nic Pizzolatto

Actually, ambition won't get you that far. You'll shift gears. You'll see something that's shinier. But if you believe... then you're the long-distance runner.

— Sam Abell

Anybody can be a runner. We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It's the easiest sport.

— Bill Rodgers

The runner's greatest asset, apart from essential fitness of body, is a cool and calculating brain allied to confidence and courage.

— Franz Stampfl

I am an avid runner, mainly on weekends.

— Patrick Wilson

To be a champion long-distance runner you have to run on the edge of death.

— Toshihiko Seko