Cross country running Quotes

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

— Juha Vaatainen

Trample the weak. Hurdle the dead.

— Attila the Hun

The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.

— Ken Doherty

I cannot have survival as my only goal. That would be too boring. My goal is to come back in my best…

— Ludmila Engquist

To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who's never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who…

— Jerome Drayton

A lot of people don't realize that not everybody gets high.

— Molly Ringwald

If you want to tell something to an athlete, say it quickly and give no alternatives. This is a game of winning…

— Paavo Nurmi

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

— Bill Squires

Run hard, be strong, think big!

— Percy Cerutty

Listen to your body. Do not be a blind and deaf tenant.

— George A. Sheehan

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

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

— Jacqueline Gareau

If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want - Why? Because (a) you'll burn all the calories…

— Don Kardong

The gun goes off and everthing changes... the world changes... and nothing else really matters.

— PattiSue Plumer

Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me.

— Said Aouita

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

— Jesse Owens

The Athlete defeats fear and conquers himself!

— Franz Stampfl

Good things come slow, especially in distance running.

— Bill Dellinger

Every athlete has doubts. Elite runners in particular are insecure people. You need someone to affirm that what you are doing is…

— Lynn Jennings

Marathon running is a terrible experience: monotonous, heavy, and exhausting.

— Veikko Karvonen

My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in…

— Roger Bannister

Onions make me sad. A lot of people don't realize that.

— Mitch Hedberg

Run often. Run long. But never outrun your joy of running.

— Julie Isphording

A lot of people don't realize that about 98 percent of the running I put in is anything but glamorous: 2 percent…

— Robert de Castella

It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better be running.

— Abe Gubegna