Inspirational running Quotes · Page 4

Aiming for the marathon is a task of sorts which can include terrific highs and lows.

— Bill Rodgers

Get going. Get up and walk if you have to, but finish the damned race.

— Ron Hill

Motivation is a skill. It can be learned and practiced.

— Amby Burfoot

Good things come slow, especially in distance running.

— Bill Dellinger

Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.

— Anonymous

There's no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes.

— Billy Connolly

Tomorrow is another day, and there will be another battle!

— Sebastian Coe

If you ever get a second chance in life for something, you've got to go all the way.

— Lance Armstrong

Well I was born to run, to get ahead of the rest. And all that I wanted was to be the best…

— Emmylou Harris

My whole feeling in terms of racing is that you have to be very bold. You sometimes have to be aggressive and…

— Bill Rodgers

Coming off the last turn, my thoughts changed from 'One more try...one more try...one more try...' to 'I can win! I can…

— Billy Mills

The thing that makes [Bob] Kennedy so good is that he doesn't have a fear of losing. He was willing to go…

— Frank Shorter

You can actually suffer a little bit more going slowly than when you're going really fast. A faster marathon might even be…

— Frank Shorter

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

Running has taken me in, and continues to comfort, heal and challenge me in all kinds of magical ways. I am not…

— Kristin Armstrong

I think if you're open-minded, the road will take you where it takes you. If you're closed, you might not get to…

— Russell Simmons

The marathon's about being in contention over the last 10K. That's when it's about what you have in your core. You have…

— Robert de Castella

Concentrate on small segments of your race at a time. For example, rather than obsessing about the distance that remains, simply complete…

— Jerry Lynch

The key to running a good marathon is to not listen to anyone's advice the last week before the race. That's when…

— Don Kardong

People think I'm crazy to put myself through such torture, though I would argue otherwise. Somewhere along the line we seem to…

— Dean Karnazes

You have to go through cycles of extreme poverty and suffering for a while; they are used to that...They get up early,…

— Keith Brantly

I don't think about the miles that are coming down the road, I don't think about the mile I'm on right now,…

— Ryan Hall

It may not always feel wonderful. but you're out there doing it. You're running while others are just walking. Or sitting around.…

— Deborah Reber

If you ask me how I want to be remembered, it is as a winner. You know what a winner is? A…

— Walter Payton

Out on the roads there is fitness and self-discovery and the persons we were destined to be.

— George A. Sheehan

In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it.

— Sam Snead

You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming.

— Frank Shorter

Sweat cleanses from the inside. It comes from places a shower will never reach.

— George A. Sheehan

I think I'm less afraid of failure than some others.

— Russell Simmons

When you run in places you visit, you encounter things you'd never see otherwise.

— Tom Brokaw

The important thing is the attitude of the athlete, the desire to get to the top.

— Herb Elliott

Coaching is an art and I'm not going to let anyone change me.

— Marty Stern

Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is much better.

— Juha Vaatainen

It's not about speed and gold medals. It's about refusing to be stopped.

— Amby Burfoot

To be great, one does not have to be mad, but definitely it helps.

— Percy Cerutty

Few things in life match the thrill of a marathon.

— Fred Lebow

I always loved running… It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.

— Jesse Owens

If a man coaches himself, then he has only himself to blame when he is beaten.

— Roger Bannister

Keep your dream in front of you. Never let it go regardless of how farfetched it might seem.

— Hal Higdon

I always thought of running as just dancing forward.

— Tom Hiddleston