Mile Quotes

470 Mile quotes by 398 unique authors

There was nothing unusual about my victory. The entire story was back in eighth place. There is simply no way to imagine how good Jim… — Unknown Author
I ran my first sub-4-minute mile in 1977 and since then have run 136 more. Nobody has run as many sub-4s as I have, and… — Steve Scott
Almost every part of the mile is tactically important: you can never let down, never stop thinking, and you can be beaten at almost any… — John Landy
Concentrate on small segments of your race at a time. For example, rather than obsessing about the distance that remains, simply complete the next mile… — Jerry Lynch
Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier. It takes a mile before anything happens. And if it… — Al Ries
Moving around is good for creativity: the next line of dialogue that you desperately need may well be waiting in the back of the refrigerator… — Will Shetterly
Did we put our kids in 0.5-mile-per-gallon (mpg) tanks and 17 feet per gallon aircraft carriers because we failed to put them in 32-mpg cars? — Hunter Lovins
In 1939 Winston Churchill, describing the 5000-mile peaceful border dividing Canada and the United States, said, 'That long frontier from the Atlantic to the Pacific… — Ronald Reagan
I looked around and we were about a mile-and-a-half from land, and I thought, 'OK, I'm going to drown now.' And then I started to… — Anthony Minghella
There's one rule of thumb that suggests that you need one day of recovery for every mile run in a race. Another rule of thumb...suggests… — Hal Higdon
I think re-engineering or restructuring or downsizing or rightsizing or whatever you want to call it, it's basically firing, has gone way too far. Employees,… — Robert Reich
The Nile, draining out into the Mediterranean. The bright lights of Cairo announce the opening of the north-flowing river’s delta, with Jerusalem’s answering high beams to… — Chris Hadfield
I always have to go that extra mile, and I do it and I don't mind doing it, but it isn't fair. — Patti LaBelle
I’d rather lose a 3:58 mile than win one in 4:10. — John Landy
The SEALs place a premium on brute strength, but there's an even bigger premium on speed. That's speed through the water, speed over the ground,… — Marcus Luttrell
I'm tired of hearing all this talk from people who don't understand the process of hard work-like little kids in the back seat asking 'Are… — Nick Saban
How did I know you ran a 4:30 mile in high school? That's easy. Everyone ran a 4:30 mile in high school. — Frank Shorter
On May 7, a few weeks after the accident at Three-Mile Island, I was in Washington. I was there to refute some of that propaganda… — Edward Teller
I like people. I like watching them. It's just that I'd prefer to do it from a mile away using very powerful binoculars. — Geraldine McCaughrean
I grew up climbing mountains in Montana and Wyoming and my wife and I were engaged on top of a mountain peak: Hyalite Peak in… — Steve Daines
When we love someone our love becomes demonstrable or real only through our exertion - through the fact that for that someone (or for ourself)… — M. Scott Peck
Mile by mile, it's a trial; yard by yard, it's hard; but inch by inch, it's a cinch. — Gabrielle Giffords
If we can send a guy to the moon we can certainly go a quarter of a mile and not get hurt. — Unknown Author
I was taught that everything is attainable if you are prepared to give up, to sacrifice, to get it. Whatever you want to do, you… — Stirling Moss
A country that cannot count its own illegal aliens - estimates range from 8-12 million - with a porous 2,000 mile border is not secure… — Victor Davis Hanson

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