Runners Quotes · Page 7

In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it.

— Sam Snead

Not all the Greek runners in the original Olympics were totally naked. Some wore shoes.

— Mark Twain

With my runners now, they get two month-long breaks during the year.

— Alberto Salazar

It is suicidal for other runners to copy my hill sessions without adequate background.

— Pekka Vasala

Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me.

— Said Aouita

When one runs 45, 50 or even 100km, for me, is not an ultra runner

— Yiannis Kouros

People underestimate me, but I've always been a stretch runner.

— Sonny Bono

It's like a runner or a swimmer training all the time. I sing every day.

— Burton Cummings

I still bother with runners I call hamburgers. They're never going to run any record times. But they can fulfill their own…

— Anonymous

I run to be known as the greatest runner, the greatest of all time. I could not eat or sleep for a…

— Noureddine Morceli

I am very amazed by the runners out there because I like jog to the garbage can outside sometimes, and I get…

— Kacy Catanzaro

A runners creed: I will win; if I cannot win, I shall be second; if I cannot be second, I shall be…

— Ken Doherty

Because I've always been a runner I love to feel that my body is shining on the inside. I wear baggy clothes,…

— Ellie Goulding

Republicans woke up Sunday with an undeniable reality. Donald Trump's the clear front-runner now for their party's nomination. Trump, celebrated, of course,…

— Chris Matthews

Each runner's capacity to absorb hard training is different. Find your own unique level of comfort and success will be yours.

— Hal Higdon

Finland has produced so many brilliant distance runners because back home it costs $2.50 a gallon for gas.

— Esa Tikkanen

Runners are the lowest of the low in film units. They're paid very, very minimal wages - probably below the national average.…

— Charles Dance

For me, two of my favourite science fiction films are Blade Runner, which is fantastic, and Terry Gilliam's Twelve Monkeys. Both of…

— Duncan Jones

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

I've always been fortunate in that I'm quite good at what I do, but there have been many people who have made…

— Jenny Meadows

For the novice runner, I'd say to give yourself at least 2 months of consistently running several times a week at a…

— Frank Shorter

I get daily e-mails from Afghans who thank me for writing this book [The Kite Runner], as they feel a slice of…

— Khaled Hosseini

Ageing destroys youth, sickness destroys health, degeneration of life destroys all excellent qualities and death destroys life. Even if you are a…

— Dalai Lama

Ideally I would start by racing my athletes once every two weeks. But, such a program has to be flexible because some…

— Gerry Lindgren

You can't be a 20-mile a day eater if you're just a 5-mile a day runner.

— Bruce Robinson

You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming.

— Frank Shorter

To be a champion long-distance runner you have to run on the edge of death.

— Toshihiko Seko

I am a better hitter with runners in scoring position.

— Robinson Cano

Does college pay? They do if you are a good open-field runner.

— Will Rogers

I'm a working mom, not a professional athlete, but I am a runner and that's a special club.

— Alison Sweeney

I am a lonely runner, but I am a long-distance runner.

— Louise Bourgeois

Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is much better.

— Juha Vaatainen

I don't think I would have been such a good runner if I hadn't enjoyed it.

— Grete Waitz

Fantastic, I am very happy to be the fastest 800 metres runner in the world.

— David Rudisha

So when you put the kick in and the other runners go past you, it's game over!

— Michael East

The 3-minute mile goal is to teach runners that the impossible is where goals should be set.

— Gerry Lindgren

Sooner or later even the fastest runners have to stand and fight.

— Stephen King

I always loved running… It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.

— Jesse Owens

Tears streamed down my face as I crossed the finish line. I was a new person, a runner.

— Thomas King

My parents were athletes; they met at a track meet: they were runners.

— Scott Speedman