Running Quotes

9883 Running quotes by 5287 unique authors

How would you describe the worst run you ever had? Precious! — Hal Higdon
Fitness is just a stage you pass through on the way to becoming a racer. — George A. Sheehan
Discipline is doing what you don't wanna do so you can do what you really want to do. — Jeff Fisher
For me, as for so many runners, there really are no finish lines. Runs end; running doesn't. — Dean Karnazes
Use what you have to run toward your best - that's how I now live my life. — Oprah Winfrey
When you have the enthusiasm and the passion, you end up figuring how to excel. — Deena Kastor
Don't let fatigue make a coward of you. — Steve Prefontaine
Once you've committed yourself to something, pace yourself to the finish line. — Meb Keflezighi
My philosophy on running is, I don't dwell on it, I do it. — Joan Benoit
Life is a positive-sum game. Everyone from the gold medallist to the last finisher can rejoice in a personal victory. — George A. Sheehan
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
If marathoners finish they win. — George A. Sheehan
There is no bad weather, just soft runners. — Bill Bowerman
The real purpose of running isn't to win a race, it's to test the limits of the human heart. — Bill Bowerman
We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves — Roger Bannister
I thought, man, if you could run 100 miles, you'd be in this Zen state. You'd be the f**king Buddha. Bringing peace and a smile… — Jenn Shelton
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
I think I get used to, even addicted to, the feelings associated with the end of a long training run. I love feeling empty, clean,… — Kristin Armstrong
Stepping outside the comfort zone is the price I pay to find out how good I can be. If I planned on backing off every… — Desiree Linden
Thank God for running. It is the ultimate detox for me, whether my poison is bubbles, a foul mood, or a bad attitude. If I… — Kristin Armstrong
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
Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others. — Okakura Kakuzo
You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win. — Sugar Ray Leonard
Exhaustion is the shortest way to equality and fraternity. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Contemporary man is blind to the fact that, with all his rationality and efficiency, he is possessed by "powers" that are beyond his control. His… — Carl Jung

Who Wrote These Running Quotes

5,287 authors contributed a total of 9,883 Running Quotes, led by these top contributors: