The essential thing in life is not so much conquering as fighting well. — Pierre de Coubertin Copy Share Image
I like to make something beautiful when I run ... it's style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative. — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share Image
American naturalist John Burroughs put it, “A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame… — Jeff Olson 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
Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I… — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share Image
The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life. — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: that's the essence of running, and a metaphor for life — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The gun goes off and everthing changes... the world changes... and nothing else really matters. — PattiSue Plumer Copy Share Image
I run because it's so symbolic of life. You have to drive yourself to overcome the obstacles. You might feel that you… — Arthur Blank Copy Share Image
Running is not, as it so often seems, only about what you did in your last race or about how many miles… — Richard O'Brien Copy Share Image
People there’s a new sheriff in town. One of the great running backs in line of Pittsburgh Steelers [and] his name is… — LaDainian Tomlinson Copy Share Image
I don't have great running technique, but I like to run. I've heard from countless people that the last six miles of… — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
How does a kid from Coos Bay, with one leg longer than the other win races? All my life people have been… — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share Image
If you're going to while away the years, it's far better to live them with clear goals and fully alive then in… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I feel blessed. All the great running backs that have come through Ohio State - Archie Griffin, Eddie George, Beanie Wells -… — Ezekiel Elliott Copy Share Image
People sometimes sneer at those who run every day, claiming they'll go to any length to live longer. But don't think that's… — Haruki Murakami 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 think it's relatively easy to play defense against a team that can only do one thing. Unfortunately, that's not what we're… — Bill Belichick 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
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
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
Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is much better. — Juha Vaatainen Copy Share Image
I'm honored to be compared to some great running backs, but I try to block that out and be myself. — Saquon Barkley 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
If you become restless, speed up. If you become winded, slow down. You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlessness and… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image