I always loved running.... It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power. — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
Back in the 1970s, I ate a high-protein diet to get bigger and stronger. As a senior at Utah State, I weighed… — Dan John Copy Share Image
As an adult, I had to accept that I was not a natural distance runner. Anything more than about 400 metres had… — Jane Fallon 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
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
Finland has produced so many brilliant distance runners because back home it costs $2.50 a gallon for gas. — Esa Tikkanen Copy Share Image
The so-called new Russian man is characterized mainly by his complete exhaustion. You may find yourself wondering if he has the strength… — Ryszard Kapuscinski Copy Share Image
Long-distance runners have to be very strange people. You have to really want to do it. You don't have to win or… — Ted Corbitt Copy Share Image
Dream barriers look very high until someone climbs them. They are not barriers anymore. — Lasse Viren Copy Share Image
We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
Man is a distance runner as a consequence of hundreds of thousands of years of chasing antelopes, horses, elephants, wild cattle, and… — Paul Shepard Copy Share Image
That's one reason I think the 1,500 is so exciting. You have to be strong, have to be a distance runner. But… — Mary Cain 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
Long runs improve your endurance but shorter intervals improve your speed. They are mutually beneficial for a distance runner. If you do… — Eliud Kipchoge Copy Share Image
There are as many reasons for running as there are days in a year.... But mostly I run because I am an… — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners. — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
The distance runner is mysteriously reconciling the separations of body and mind, of pain and pleasure, of the conscious and the unconscious.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We've got to be long distance runners on the spiritual path. We want to run as fast as we can, but at… — Goswami Kriyananda Copy Share Image
In the big city, if the man next door happens to be a slum landlord, a Mafia bag man, or a long… — Hal Higdon Copy Share Image
