Marathon running is a terrible experience: monotonous, heavy, and exhausting. — Veikko Karvonen Copy Share Image
Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
They say the breaks even up in the long run, and the trick is to be a long-distance runner. — Chuck Knox Copy Share Image
To finish will leave you feeling like a champion and positively change your life. — Jeff Galloway Copy Share Image
You must realize one thing. In every little village in the world there are great potential champions who only need motivation, development… — Arthur Lydiard Copy Share Image
Stepping outside the comfort zone is the price I pay to find out how good I can be. If I planned on… — Desiree Linden Copy Share Image
The most important day in any running program is rest. Rest days give your muscles time to recover so you can run… — Hal Higdon 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
I'd rather run a gutsy race, pushing all the way and lose, than run a conservative race only for a win. — Alberto Salazar Copy Share Image
So much in life seems inflexible and unchangeable, and part of the joy of running and especially racing is the realization that… — Nancy Anderson Copy Share Image
Every athlete has doubts. Elite runners in particular are insecure people. You need someone to affirm that what you are doing is… — Lynn Jennings Copy Share Image
Success does not come to the most righteous and rigorously disciplined but to those who continue running. — Amby Burfoot Copy Share Image
To understand Cerutty you have to see him as a multifaceted personality. He could be both charming and very abusive. He was… — John Landy 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
No matter how old I get, the race remains one of life's most rewarding experiences. My times become slower and slower, but… — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
I think I get used to, even addicted to, the feelings associated with the end of a long training run. I love… — Kristin Armstrong Copy Share Image
I have learned that there is no failure in running, or in life, as long as you keep moving. It's not about… — Amby Burfoot 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
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
There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run… — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
The essential thing in life is not so much conquering as fighting well. — Pierre de Coubertin Copy Share Image
It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it. — Brooks Johnson 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
Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it. — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better be running. — Abe Gubegna Copy Share Image
The most beautiful motion is that which accomplishes the greatest results with the least amount of effort. — Plato Copy Share Image
Thus I urge you to go onto your greatness if you believe it is in you. Think deeply and separate what you… — Percy Cerutty Copy Share Image
Make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
Running well is a matter of having the patience to persevere when we are tired and not expecting instant results. — Robert de Castella Copy Share Image
