Ability Quote by Christopher McDougall

“Know why people run marathons? Because running is rooted in our collective imagination, and our imagination is rooted in running. Language, art, science; space…

— Christopher McDougall

Running is a simple, primitive act, and therein lays its power. For it is one of the few commonalities left between us as a…

— Dean Karnazes

Running is the heart of what it means to be human.

— Christopher McDougall

Running unites us and brings us together because, in the words of the great Bill Rogers, "We sweat the same. We struggle the same."…

— Dean Karnazes

We're constantly told that running will ruin our knees and outrage our hearts, but for nearly all of human existence, it was associated with…

— Christopher McDougall

Running is many things to me: survival, calmness, euphoria, solitude. It is proof of my corporeal existence, my ability to control my movement through…

— Audrey Niffenegger

“Perhaps it is to fulfill this primal urge that runners and joggers get up every morning and pound the streets in cities all over…

— Adharanand Finn

Running fills a need so we make fewer demands on others. Running reveals the roots of negative thinking, so the weeds can be pulled.…

— Kristin Armstrong

Running is special. We've all done it: well, poorly, focused, in fear, being pursued, toward a goal. It's just elemental. Running is like fire.

— Rob Delaney

Running makes you an athlete in all areas of life...trained in the basics, prepared for whatever comes, ready to fill each hour and deal…

— George A. Sheehan

As runners, we all go through many transitions-- transitions that closely mimic the larger changes we experience in a lifetime. First, we try to…

— Amby Burfoot

The desire to run comes from deep within us — from the unconscious, the intuitive, the instinctive. And that desire becomes a passion when…

— George A. Sheehan