For every runner who tours the world running marathons, there are thousands who run to hear leaves and listen to rain and look to the day when it all is suddenly as easy as a bird in flight. — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
To keep from decaying, to be a winner, the athlete must accept pain - not only accept it, but look for it, live with it, learn not to fear it. — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling, enduring, and accomplishing. — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not. — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
If you want to win anything - a race, yourself, your life - you have to go a little berserk. — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
No matter how old I get, the race remains one of life's most rewarding experiences. — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse. — 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
Running makes you an athlete in all areas of life...trained in the basics, prepared for whatever comes, ready to fill each hour and deal… — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
Running is just such a monastery- a retreat, a place to commune with God and yourself, a place for psychological and spiritual renewal. — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
For every runner who tours the world running marathons, there are thousands who run to hear leaves and listen to rain and look to… — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
If you want to find the answers to the Big Questions about your soul, you'd best begin with the Little Answers about your body. — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
