I always tell beginning runners: Train your brain first. It's much more important than your heart or legs. — Amby Burfoot Copy Share Image
Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is much better. — Juha Vaatainen Copy Share Image
You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming. — Frank Shorter Copy Share Image
Above all, train hard, eat light, and avoid TV and people with negative attitudes. — Scott Tinley Copy Share Image
Running allows me to set my mind free. Nothing seems impossible, nothing unattainable. — Kara Goucher Copy Share Image
Out on the roads there is fitness and self-discovery and the persons we were destined to be. — George A. Sheehan 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
Doing something for yourself like running, and using it to test yourself, will only make you feel better about your career or… — Joan Benoit Copy Share Image
The answer to the big questions in running is the same as the answer to the big questions in life: Do the… — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay… — Carl Lewis Copy Share Image
Run with your heart instead of your mind. When you think with your mind, you think of the things you can and… — Gerry Lindgren 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
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
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 Copy Share Image
I succeed on my own personal motivation, dedication, and commitment. My mindset is: If I'm not out there training, someone else is. — Lynn Jennings Copy Share Image
You must have a training routine so that what you do happens automatically. If I got up in the morning and thought… — Robert de Castella Copy Share Image
Twenty seconds before a race, there's absolute focus. The key thing is to achieve relaxation, but at the same to have absolute… — Cathy Freeman 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
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
People sometimes sneer at those who run every day, claiming they'll go to any length to live longer. But don't think that's… — Haruki Murakami 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
Marathoning is a metaphor for life, so there are a lot of parallels you can draw. I tell people to follow your… — Joan Benoit Copy Share Image
I run because it's my passion, and not just a sport. Every time I walk out the door, I know why I'm… — Sasha Azevedo Copy Share Image
