The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life. — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners. — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
The gun goes off and everthing changes... the world changes... and nothing else really matters. — PattiSue Plumer Copy Share Image
The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit. — Ken Doherty Copy Share Image
Workouts are like brushing my teeth; I don't think about them, I just do them. The decision has already been made. — PattiSue Plumer Copy Share Image
I always loved running… It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power. — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better be running. — Abe Gubegna Copy Share Image
Cross-country running was so beautiful with all the trails and the lake regions ... very physical and also a bit spiritual, where… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want - Why? Because (a) you'll burn all the calories… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
If you want to tell something to an athlete, say it quickly and give no alternatives. This is a game of winning… — Paavo Nurmi Copy Share Image
My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
I cannot have survival as my only goal. That would be too boring. My goal is to come back in my best… — Ludmila Engquist Copy Share Image
In running it is man against himself, the cruelest of opponents. The other runners are not the real enemies. His adversary lies… — Glenn Cunningham Copy Share Image
The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be… — Jacqueline Gareau Copy Share Image
There is the truth about the marathon and very few of you have written the truth. Even if I explain to you,… — Douglas Wakiihuri Copy Share Image
Fear is the strongest driving-force in competition. Not fear of one's opponent, but of the skill and high standard which he represents;… — Franz Stampfl Copy Share Image
When I was about 14 or 15, and running in a pretty muddy cross country race, one of my shoes stuck in… — Robert de Castella Copy Share Image
I haven't seen too many American distance men on the international scene willing to take risks. I saw some U.S. women in… — Billy Mills Copy Share Image
I run because it's my passion, and not just a sport. Every time I walk out the door, I know why I'm… — Sasha Azevedo Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Marathon running is a terrible experience: monotonous, heavy, and exhausting. — Veikko Karvonen Copy Share Image
Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is much better. — Juha Vaatainen Copy Share Image
Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me. — Said Aouita Copy Share Image
Only think of two things - the report of the pistol and the tape. When you hear one, run like hell until… — Sam Mussabini Copy Share Image
School cross country runs started because the rugby pitches were flooded. There was an alternative: extra studying. This meant there were plenty… — Gordon Pirie Copy Share Image
The start of a World Cross Country event is like riding a horse in the middle of a buffalo stampede. It's a… — Ed Eyestone Copy Share Image
Marathoning is like cutting yourself unexpectedly. You dip into the pain so gradually that the damage is done before you are aware… — John Farrington Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
