Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is much better. — Juha Vaatainen Copy Share Image
You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming. — Frank Shorter 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
Out on the roads there is fitness and self-discovery and the persons we were destined to be. — George A. Sheehan 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
It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it. — Brooks Johnson Copy Share Image
Go in any direction..seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs. — Paula Radcliffe Copy Share Image
Dream barriers look very high until someone climbs them. They are not barriers anymore. — Lasse Viren Copy Share Image
Every athlete has doubts. Elite runners in particular are insecure people. You need someone to affirm that what you are doing is… — Lynn Jennings 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
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
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
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
A runners creed: I will win; if I cannot win, I shall be second; if I cannot be second, I shall be… — Ken Doherty 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
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
It is a paradox to say the human body has no 'limit.' There must be a limit to the speed at which… — Roger Bannister 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
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
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 believe in the runner's high, and I believe that those who are passionate about running are the ones who experience it… — Sasha Azevedo 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
Marathon running is a terrible experience: monotonous, heavy, and exhausting. — Veikko Karvonen Copy Share Image
