A coach can be like oasis in the desert of a runner's lost enthusiasm. — Ken Doherty Copy Share Image
God determines how fast you're going to run; I can help only with the mechanics. — Bill Bowerman Copy Share Image
Passion is pushing myself when there is no one else around-just me and the road. — Ryan Shay Copy Share Image
Just do the best with what you have, and you'll soon be doing it better. — Gil Hodges Copy Share Image
Once you have decided that winning isn't everything, you become a winner. — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
I felt like I played in a very rough football game with no hitting above the waist. — Alan Page 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
Blink and you miss a sprint. The 10,000 meters is lap after lap of waiting. Theatrically, the mile is just the right… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
It's my own space, my own time, when I'm just out there letting my thoughts go. It's part of my day like… — Louise Andrews Kent Copy Share Image
To make your life a work of art, you must have the material to work with. The race, any race, is just… — George A. Sheehan 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
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
Runners are the ultimate celebration people. Running is just so intense, you're really experiencing life to the fullest. — Bill Rodgers Copy Share Image
Life is a positive-sum game. Everyone from the gold medallist to the last finisher can rejoice in a personal victory. — George A. Sheehan 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
Respect your parents. What they tell you is true. Hard work, dedication and faith will get you anything. Imagination will drive itself.… — Russell Simmons 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
It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Running is ultimately a personal experience. It is a revival of the spirit, a private oasis for the thirsty mind. Yet, its… — Amby Burfoot 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
A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change. So it's a… — Bill Bowerman Copy Share Image
It's unnatural for people to run around the city streets unless they are thieves or victims. It makes people nervous to see… — Mike Royko Copy Share Image
The essential thing in life is not so much conquering as fighting well. — Pierre de Coubertin Copy Share Image
Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it. — Oprah Winfrey 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
If a man coaches himself, then he has only himself to blame when he is beaten. — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
To finish will leave you feeling like a champion and positively change your life. — Jeff Galloway Copy Share Image
Keep your dream in front of you. Never let it go regardless of how farfetched it might seem. — Hal Higdon Copy Share Image
Marathon running is a terrible experience: monotonous, heavy, and exhausting. — Veikko Karvonen Copy Share Image
