I love sprinting, but I hate long-distance running. Isn't that funny? — Dylan O'Brien Copy Share Image
I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners. — Sebastian Coe 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 gun goes off and everthing changes... the world changes... and nothing else really matters. — PattiSue Plumer Copy Share Image
No negative thoughts cross my mind on race day. When I look into their eyes, I know I'm going to beat them. — Danny Harris Copy Share Image
The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit — George A. Sheehan 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
Top results are achieved only through pain. But eventually you like this pain. — Juha Vaatainen Copy Share Image
Of course, long-distance running has to do with the fact that we're hunters. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
After having polio, my right leg was weaker, so I wasn't great at football. But I swam lots and even did long-distance… — Donovan Copy Share Image
We do a lot of lifting, and mix it up with upper body and lower body. A lot of circuit training for… — Madison Keys Copy Share Image
And if any of you want some tips on running, don't be in a hurry, and never let any of the other… — Colin S. Smith Copy Share Image
I've never timed myself over 100m, but I have done a test over shorter distances, 20m or 30m, with and without the… — Ronaldo Copy Share Image
At least for soccer players, it comes down to a blend of two types of fitness - your base endurance, which comes… — Heather O'Reilly 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
We have these amazing gifts of music and mathematics and painting and Olympic running. I mean, we're the animal that is best… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
“Long-distance running is not just about training, stamina or talent. It has more to do with controlling your mind and building your… — Sumedha Mahajan 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
Slow-twitch muscle fibers are mostly used for long endurance exercises like aerobics, swimming, and distance running. Fast-twitch muscle fibers are generally more… — David Kirsch 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
The way to get through anything mentally painful is to take it a little at a time. The mind can't handle dealing… — Joe De Sena 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
“I never cared all that much whether I beat others or lost to them. This sentiment remained pretty much unchanged after I… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
When the meal was over we all had a quiet rest in our rooms and I meditated on the race. This is… — Gordon Pirie Copy Share Image
For me, running is both exercise and a metaphor. Running day after day, piling up the races, bit by bit I raise… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I'm not totally uncompetitive. It's just that for some reason I never cared all that much whether I beat others or lost… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“That was the real secret of the Tarahumara: they'd never forgotten what it felt like to love running. They remembered that running… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
“Like a lot of gym teachers, Coach Babcock loved to torture his students. He felt he had failed as a teacher if… — Michael Buckley Copy Share Image
“Distance running was revered because it was indispensable; it was the way we survived and thrived and spread across the planet. You… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
“I hate running. Hate, hate, hate it. Running is something that skinny people do so they can brag about it to those… — Larry Correia Copy Share Image
“No matter how much long-distance running might suit me, of course there are days when I feel kind of lethargic and don’t… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“As Louie bent, gasping, over his spent legs, he marveled at the kick that he had forced from his body. It had… — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
“A national obsession with a particular sport does not occur in a vacuum. Something lights the match. In the early twentieth century,… — Fitzgerald Matt Copy Share Image
