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title: "1 Race Just Quotes By Kathrine Switzer"
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> [I forgave Jock Semple his action on Boston race just around the time I got to Heartbreak Hill. I had 24 miles to go and you cannot run 24 miles and stay angry. That's the truth. When we go out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-switzer/i-forgave-jock-semple-his-action-on-boston-race-just-around-the-time/)

[Kathrine Switzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathrine-switzer/)

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## More by Kathrine Switzer

> [If you feel positive, you have a sense of hope. If you have hope, you can have courage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-switzer/if-you-feel-positive-you-have-a-sense-of-hope-if-you-have-hope-you/)

[Kathrine Switzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathrine-switzer/)

> [Five years after Boston 1967, I went to the Munich Olympics. I realized that major sponsorship could help me create the opportunity. I wrote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-switzer/five-years-after-boston-1967-i-went-to-the-munich-olympics-i-realized/)

[Kathrine Switzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathrine-switzer/)

> [A lack of forgiveness is a waste of time and it's very enriching to forgive and move on but those are things that come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-switzer/a-lack-of-forgiveness-is-a-waste-of-time-and-it-s-very-enriching-to/)

[Kathrine Switzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathrine-switzer/)

> [I could feel my anger dissipating as the miles went by--you can't run and stay mad!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-switzer/i-could-feel-my-anger-dissipating-as-the-miles-went-by-you-can-t-run/)

[Kathrine Switzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathrine-switzer/)

> [There is an expression among even the most advanced runners that getting your shoes on is the hardest part of any workout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-switzer/there-is-an-expression-among-even-the-most-advanced-runners-that/)

[Kathrine Switzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathrine-switzer/)

> [Most people don't know this but over the course of time, the official of the race in 1967 in Boston, who attacked me Jock…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-switzer/most-people-don-t-know-this-but-over-the-course-of-time-the-official/)

[Kathrine Switzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathrine-switzer/)

> [When I was first running marathons, we were sailing on a flat earth. We were afraid we'd get big legs, grow mustaches, not get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-switzer/when-i-was-first-running-marathons-we-were-sailing-on-a-flat-earth-we/)

[Kathrine Switzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathrine-switzer/)

> [Women were afraid and they would never even imagine running a marathon in 1967.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-switzer/women-were-afraid-and-they-would-never-even-imagine-running-a/)

[Kathrine Switzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathrine-switzer/)

> [I organized this global series of races. The data from those races, along with the tremendous amount of lobbying and meetings with federations, convinced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-switzer/i-organized-this-global-series-of-races-the-data-from-those-races/)

[Kathrine Switzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathrine-switzer/)

> [I don't have any kids of my own, quite by choice. There are two reasons for that. One, I had a sense of obligation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-switzer/i-don-t-have-any-kids-of-my-own-quite-by-choice-there-are-two-reasons/)

[Kathrine Switzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathrine-switzer/)

> [If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-switzer/if-you-are-losing-faith-in-human-nature-go-out-and-watch-a-marathon/)

[Kathrine Switzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathrine-switzer/)

> [I said that there's going to come a day in our lives when women's running is as popular and as men's. Looking back, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-switzer/i-said-that-there-s-going-to-come-a-day-in-our-lives-when-women-s/)

[Kathrine Switzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathrine-switzer/)

> [When I forgave Jock Semple on Heartbreak Hill, I also got really cross with women. I couldn't understand why they didn't get it, why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-switzer/when-i-forgave-jock-semple-on-heartbreak-hill-i-also-got-really-cross/)

[Kathrine Switzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathrine-switzer/)

> [Life is for participating, not for spectating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-switzer/life-is-for-participating-not-for-spectating/)

[Kathrine Switzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathrine-switzer/)

> [Jock Semple and I were at daggers drawn for five years, even though I kind of forgave him from the get-go. I knew he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-switzer/jock-semple-and-i-were-at-daggers-drawn-for-five-years-even-though-i/)

[Kathrine Switzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathrine-switzer/)

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