Not all the Greek runners in the original Olympics were…

“There once was a poor man who walked around without shoes. His feet were covered in calluses. One day a rich man felt sorry…

— Mark Z. Danielewski

“Empathy "Walk a mile in an others shoes." What shoes? Baby shoes? Gym shoes? Combat boots? Sandals? Flip flops? Shoes that are too big?…

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

I was more than happy to not wear shoes. The only time we wore shoes was on Sunday when we went to church.

— Beauden Barrett

As a kid, my nickname was Tarzan. I never wore shoes, and I walked around and fished and camped out and just was a…

— Travis Fimmel

Jesus was a Capricorn, he ate organic foods, he believed in love and peace, and never wore no shoes.

— Kris Kristofferson

When I had no shoes I was comfortable - I used to run barefoot. When I wore shoes it was difficult. To run in…

— Haile Gebrselassie

When I was little, I wore shoes that were too small for me for years, so my feet grew weird, so my little toenails…

— Sara Pascoe

“The one bit of color on the woman’s body was the bright yellow of the stilettos peeking out from her sensible trousers. Fuck me…

— Lexi Blake

My guess is many top athletes, distance runners included, use performance-enhancing drugs, enough so that the problem must be tackled.

— Bill Rodgers

I studied Tom Cruise running in all the Mission Impossibles. I think he's one of the best screen runners.

— Ben Stiller

Nearly all runners do their slow runs too fast, and their fast runs too slow." Ken Mierke says. "So they're just training their bodies…

— Christopher McDougall

Or why it is acceptable to train fast runners and high jumpers but not to breed them. I can think of some answers, and…

— Richard Dawkins

I am an avid runner, mainly on weekends.

— Patrick Wilson

Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is much better.

— Juha Vaatainen

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

— Toshihiko Seko