Scott Jurek Quotes

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• For me, it's about optimizing health. It's about lifestyle and longevity. Then you think about what vegetarian diets can do for the mass population, in…
• You can hurt more than you ever thought possible, then continue until you discover that hurting isn't that big a deal.
• We can live as we were meant to live - simply, joyously, of and on the earth. We can live with all our effort and…
• But the longer and further I ran, the more I realized that what I was often chasing was a state of mind- a place where…
• We move forward, but we must stay in the present.
• Every single one of us possesses the strength to attempt something he isn't sure he can accomplish. It can be running a mile, or a…
• You could carry your burdens lightly or with great effort. You could worry about tomorrow or not. You could imagine horrible fates or garland-filled tomorrows.…
• We all lose sometimes. We fail to get what we want. Friends and loved ones leave. We make a decision we regret. We try our…
• Humans aren't built to sit all day. Nor are we built for the kinds of repetitive, small movements that so much of today's specialized work…
• Rational assessments too often led to rational surrenders.
• The point was living with grace, decency, and attention to the world, and breaking free of the artificial constructs in your own life.
• Injuries are our best teachers.
• Nature's arena has a way of humbling and energizing us.
• We strive toward a goal, and whether we achieve it or not is important, but it's not what's most important. What matters is how we…
• Only the most saintly and delusional among us welcomes all pain as challenge, perceives all loss as harsh blessing.
• It's a hard, simple calculus: Run until you can't run anymore. Then run some more. Find a new source of energy and will. Then run…
• Fear is what makes you come alive, the lure of the unknown - can I do this? - thats where the growth comes from, the…
• As powerful as our legs are, as magnificent as our lungs and arms and muscles are, nothing matters more than the mind.
• Sometimes the road to wellness isnt a well-marked expressway.
• What we eat is a matter of life and death.

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