Runner Quotes

215 quotes by 178 authors

I run to be known as the greatest runner, the greatest of all time. I could not eat or sleep for a week after I… — Noureddine Morceli
Keith Richards outlived Jim Fixx, the runner and health nut. The plot thickens. — Bill Hicks
During the election, I had three male opponents and we went into a runoff. The front runner for the men was a native of Dallas… — Eddie Bernice Johnson
After watching films of Jim Brown, I noticed that he never ran out of bounds. He always ran North and South and that's what I… — Earl Campbell
I thought about running a marathon a long time ago, but I'm just not a runner — Shannon Miller
It's easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner. — Vin Scully
I said, 'If the quarterback is a runner, it'll work.' But if your quarterback's not a runner, in my judgment and in the judgment of… — Frank Broyles
It takes patience to become the best runner you can be. Top athletes realize that running is a long-term sport. It is set up for… — Anthony Famiglietti
I don't think you can become an outstanding runner unless you get a certain amount of enjoyment out of the suffering. You have to enjoy… — Derek Clayton
A runner is a miser, spending the pennies of his energy with great stinginess, constantly wanting to know how much he has spent and how… — John L. Parker Jr.
Fantastic, I am very happy to be the fastest 800 metres runner in the world. — David Rudisha
I want to be a lawyer, a dancer, an actress, a mother, a wife, a childrens author, a distance runner, a poet, a pianist, a… — Rachel Corrie
A novel takes the courage of a marathon runner, and as long as you have to run, you might as well be a winning marathon… — Leon Uris
Analysis is a glittering opportunity for training: it is just here that capacity for work, perseverence and stamina are cultivated, and these qualities are, in… — Lev Polugaevsky
Considering that the race is star-studded no runner will be willing to set the pace for the others. This is why a record will be… — Haile Gebrselassie
For every finish-line tape a runner breaks -- complete with the cheers of the crowd and the clicking of hundreds of cameras -- there are… — Grete Waitz
I think the future stopped looking American when you think back to Blade Runner and Neuromancer, when it started to look more Japanese. — Iain Banks
Light is everything in the world to men's eyes Light thirsts after light yes, the soul, twin to the stars moves through space to find,… — Gunvor Hofmo
The potential elite runner must realize that hard means hard, easy means easy and they must patiently seek out what combinations work for them. They… — Frank Shorter
Man is a distance runner as a consequence of hundreds of thousands of years of chasing antelopes, horses, elephants, wild cattle, and deer. — Paul Shepard

Who Wrote These Runner Quotes

178 authors contributed a total of 215 Runner Quotes, led by these top contributors: