Runners don’t just run to strengthen their bodies, they…

I could straight lace you, not just appearance. Stimulate your mind, strengthen your spirits.

— P Diddy

“People say they can do great things, but runners never become runners until they run, and you will never become whatever it is you…

— Toni Sorenson

“The fastest runners don't always win the race and the greatest heroes don't always win the battles. But just keep running and fighting if…

— José N. Harris

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

— Bill Rodgers

A slow band can be great. A slow 100-metres runner is just obsolete.

— Gylve Nagell

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

— Franz Stampfl

Runners like to train 100 miles per week because it's a round number. But I think 88 is a lot rounder.

— Don Kardong

Remember that failure is part of the process of successful running. Performance is a roller coaster; to think otherwise is irrational and will cause…

— Jerry Lynch

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

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

— Toshihiko Seko

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

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

— Juha Vaatainen