The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners. — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I… — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share Image
The gun goes off and everthing changes... the world changes... and nothing else really matters. — PattiSue Plumer Copy Share Image
If culture was a railroad, I can see the tracks running from the Spirituals to the Hip Hop Nation. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit. — Ken Doherty Copy Share Image
Make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. — George S. Patton 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
If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want - Why? Because (a) you'll burn all the calories… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be… — Jacqueline Gareau Copy Share Image
Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
American naturalist John Burroughs put it, “A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame… — Jeff Olson Copy Share Image
The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life. — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
When you put yourself on the line in a race and expose yourself to the unknown, you learn things about yourself that… — Doris Brown Heritage Copy Share Image
It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it. — Brooks Johnson Copy Share Image
Cross Country: No half times, no time outs, no substitutions. It must be the only true sport. — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
Im running in a race and people are on the other track, I'm running with myself — Shahrukh Khan 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
No doubt a brain and some shoes are essential for marathon success, although if it comes down to a choice, pick the… — Don Kardong 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
You must see yourself run the race over and over, time and time again. You must put yourself in critical positions and… — Rod Milburn Copy Share Image
