Running Quotes by Haruki Murakami

Deep rivers run quiet.

— Haruki Murakami

Most of what I know about writing I've learned through running every day.

— Haruki Murakami

If you're young and talented, it's like you have wings.

— Haruki Murakami

I'll be happy if running and I can grow old together.

— Haruki Murakami

One foot in front of the other. Repeat as often as necessary to finish.

— Haruki Murakami

I used to run a full marathon in three hours and 25 or 26 minutes. Not any more.

— Haruki Murakami

If they invent a car that runs on stupid jokes, you could go far.

— Haruki Murakami

Distance might not solve anything, no matter how far you run.

— Haruki Murakami

When I'm running I don't have to talk to anybody and don't have to listen to anybody. This is a part of…

— Haruki Murakami

The rain that fell on the city runs down the dark gutters and empties into the sea without even soaking the ground

— Haruki Murakami

When I first met you, I felt a kind of contradiction in you. You’re seeking something, but at the same time, you…

— Haruki Murakami

Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: that's the essence of running, and a metaphor for life

— Haruki Murakami

“There are three reasons I failed. Not enough training. Not enough training. And not enough training.”

— Haruki Murakami

I've been running a full marathon every year for more than 20 years, and my record is getting worse. Getting older, getting…

— Haruki Murakami

“I just run. I run in a void. Or maybe I should put it the other way: I run in order to…

— Haruki Murakami

If I used being busy as an excuse not to run, I'd never run again. I have only a few reasons to…

— Haruki Murakami

Exerting yourself to the limit over and over again, that is the essence of running. Running is painful, but the pain doesn't…

— Haruki Murakami

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Say you’re running and you think, ‘Man, this hurts, I can’t take it anymore. The ‘hurt’…

— Haruki Murakami

Not that running away's going to solve everything. I don't want to rain on your parade or anything, but I wouldn't count…

— Haruki Murakami

I began running on an everyday basis after I became a writer. As being a writer requires sitting at a desk for…

— Haruki Murakami

I have always liked running, so it wasn't particularly difficult to make it a habit. All you need is a pair of…

— Haruki Murakami

“As I run I tell myself to think of a river. And clouds. But essentially I'm thinking of not a thing. All…

— Haruki Murakami

Team sports aren't my thing. I find it easier to pick something up if I can do it at my own speed.…

— Haruki Murakami

The thoughts that occur to me while I’m running are like clouds in the sky. Clouds of all different sizes. They come…

— Haruki Murakami

Even when I ran my bar I followed the same policy. A lot of customers came to the bar. If one in…

— Haruki Murakami

Everybody's born with some different thing at the core of their existence. And that thing, whatever it is, becomes like a heat…

— Haruki Murakami

“Of course it was painful, and there were times when, emotionally, I just wanted to chuck it all. But pain seems to…

— Haruki Murakami

And, well, mine are kind of on the heavy side anyway. The first day or two, I don't want to do ANYTHING.…

— Haruki Murakami

Even if there were two of me, I still couldn't do all that has to be done. No matter what, though, I…

— Haruki Murakami

“One by one, I'll face the tasks before me and complete them as best I can. Focusing on each stride forward, but…

— Haruki Murakami

I'm in no position to hand down any advice," he said, "but there's a rule I follow when I don't know what…

— Haruki Murakami

“I never cared all that much whether I beat others or lost to them. This sentiment remained pretty much unchanged after I…

— Haruki Murakami

In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.

— Haruki Murakami

When someone is trying very hard to get something, they don't. And when they're running away from something as hard as they…

— Haruki Murakami

So the fact that I’m me and no one else is one of my greatest assets. Emotional hurt is the price a…

— Haruki Murakami

All I do is keep on running in my own cozy, homemade void, my own nostalgic silence. And this is a pretty…

— Haruki Murakami

I get up early in the morning, 4 o'clock, and I sit at my desk and what I do is just dream.…

— Haruki Murakami

Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest.

— Haruki Murakami

I just wanted to write something about running, but I realized that to write about my running is to write about my…

— Haruki Murakami

Writing is fun - at least mostly. I write for four hours every day. After that I go running. As a rule,…

— Haruki Murakami