Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is much better. — Juha Vaatainen Copy Share Image
When you run in the morning, you gain time. It's like stretching 24 hours into 25. You may need less sleep and… — Fred Lebow Copy Share Image
Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins is the one… — Napoleon Hill 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
The challenge and the energy running requires may be a selfish one, but it actually motivates me to be stronger in my… — Joan Benoit 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
You have a choice. You can throw in the towel, or you can use it to wipe the sweat off of your… — Juma Ikangaa Copy Share Image
The difference between the mile and the marathon is the difference between burning your fingers with a match and being slowly roasted… — Hal Higdon Copy Share Image
I have never been a killer. I'm not an aggressive personality and if I can remember any emotion I felt during a… — Herb Elliott Copy Share Image
The athlete who says that something can't be done should never interrupt the one who's doing it — John Wooden Copy Share Image
Running is special. We've all done it: well, poorly, focused, in fear, being pursued, toward a goal. It's just elemental. Running is… — Rob Delaney Copy Share Image
It's important to know that at the end of the day it's not the medals you remember. What you remember is the… — Silken Laumann 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
Anything is possible, but you have to believe and you have to fight. — Lance Armstrong 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
Don't feel guilty about driving somewhere nice to run. If people can drive to a park to eat hot dogs, you can… — Bill Rodgers Copy Share Image
It is better, I think, to begin easily and get your running to be smooth and relaxed and then to go faster… — Henry Rono 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 was unable to walk for a whole week after that, so much did the race take out of me. But it… — Emil Zatopek Copy Share Image
Passion is pushing myself when there is no one else around-just me and the road. — Ryan Shay Copy Share Image
