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 Semple and I became very good friends. That gave me a whole new perspective on forgiveness. — Kathrine Switzer Copy Share Image
Women is out because she's getting in her daily dose of empowerment, freedom and fearlessness. She has put on her freedom wings for 20 minutes or two hours. That's going to make her whole day right and her whole future… — Kathrine Switzer Copy Share Image
If you feel positive, you have a sense of hope. If you have hope, you can have courage. — Kathrine Switzer Copy Share Image
Five years after Boston 1967, I went to the Munich Olympics. I realized that major sponsorship could help me create the opportunity. I wrote… — Kathrine Switzer Copy Share Image
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… — Kathrine Switzer Copy Share Image
I could feel my anger dissipating as the miles went by--you can't run and stay mad! — Kathrine Switzer Copy Share Image
There is an expression among even the most advanced runners that getting your shoes on is the hardest part of any workout — Kathrine Switzer Copy Share Image
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… — Kathrine Switzer Copy Share Image
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… — Kathrine Switzer Copy Share Image
Women were afraid and they would never even imagine running a marathon in 1967. — Kathrine Switzer Copy Share Image
I organized this global series of races. The data from those races, along with the tremendous amount of lobbying and meetings with federations, convinced… — Kathrine Switzer Copy Share Image
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… — Kathrine Switzer Copy Share Image
If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon. — Kathrine Switzer Copy Share Image
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… — Kathrine Switzer Copy Share Image
