Runners Quotes

315 Runners quotes by 218 unique authors

In addition to the well-known benefits of health and well-being derived from exercise, there are other unique advantages to being a runner. You are more… — Grete Waitz
Every athlete has doubts. Elite runners in particular are insecure people. You need someone to affirm that what you are doing is right. — Lynn Jennings
When runners win a big race these days, they get a car. When I won a big race, I got a ride. — Unknown Author
I became a great runner because if you're a kid in Leeds and your name is Sebastian you've got to become a great runner. — Sebastian Coe
School cross country runs started because the rugby pitches were flooded. There was an alternative: extra studying. This meant there were plenty of runners on… — Gordon Pirie
Everybody and their mother knows you don't train hard on Friday, the day before a race. But a lot of runners will overtrain on Thursday… — Marty Stern
For me, as for so many runners, there really are no finish lines. Runs end; running doesn't. — Dean Karnazes
A runners creed: I will win; if I cannot win, I shall be second; if I cannot be second, I shall be third; if I… — Ken Doherty
There is no bad weather, just soft runners. — Bill Bowerman
Runners...you're competitive, but you want to have fun, too. You want to enjoy life. And runners really get to do that, I think-after we recover. — Bill Rodgers
Running has taken me in, and continues to comfort, heal and challenge me in all kinds of magical ways. I am not a 'good runner'… — Kristin Armstrong
We've got to be long distance runners on the spiritual path. We want to run as fast as we can, but at the same time… — Goswami Kriyananda
God bless those runners because they get you the first down, give you ball control and keep your defense off the field. But if you… — Sid Gillman
Ageing destroys youth, sickness destroys health, degeneration of life destroys all excellent qualities and death destroys life. Even if you are a great runner, you… — Dalai Lama
Runners like to train 100 miles per week because it's a round number. But I think 88 is a lot rounder. — Don Kardong
In the big city, if the man next door happens to be a slum landlord, a Mafia bag man, or a long distance runner, what… — Hal Higdon
The most challenging aspect of the decathlon is not the events themselves, but how you train to become the best 100-meter runner you are on… — Bruce Jenner
If you die, I will bury you in the sandhills with all the other runners. — Percy Cerutty
When one runs 45, 50 or even 100km, for me, is not an ultra runner — Yiannis Kouros
All runners are tough. Everyone has to have a little fire in them, that even in tough times, can’t be turned off. — Shalane Flanagan
There is an expression among even the most advanced runners that getting your shoes on is the hardest part of any workout — Kathrine Switzer
I am not somebody who just likes to run. I am a runner. This is the difference between a pastime and a passion. I like… — Adam Goucher
There are little Indian girls out there who look up to me, and I never want to belittle the honor of being an inspiration to… — Mindy Kaling
There are little Indian girls out there who look up to me, and I never want to belittle the honor of being an inspiration to… — Mindy Kaling
Or why it is acceptable to train fast runners and high jumpers but not to breed them. I can think of some answers, and they… — Richard Dawkins

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