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> [“Every day in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows that it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abe-gubegna/every-day-in-africa-a-gazelle-wakes-up-it-knows-it-must-run-faster/)

Abe Gubegna

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## Other authors on Born to run

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christopher-mcdougall-23970.jpg) Christopher McDougall 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/born-to-run/christopher-mcdougall/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-bruce-springsteen-20092.jpg) Bruce Springsteen 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/born-to-run/bruce-springsteen/)

## More by Abe Gubegna

> [“Every day in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abe-gubegna/every-day-in-africa-a-gazelle-wakes-up-it-knows-it-must-run-faster/)

Abe Gubegna

> [It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better be running.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abe-gubegna/it-doesn-t-matter-whether-you-are-a-lion-or-a-gazelle-when-the-sun/)

Abe Gubegna

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