Athletes Quote by Dean Karnazes

The real purpose of running isn't to win a race, it's to test the limits of the human heart.

— Anonymous

Running back-to-back races requires a certain tactical prudence. Going too hard in any one race might jeopardize your performance in another. Maintaining proper hydration…

— Dean Karnazes

All athletes need three things: commitment, discipline and hard work. Without that it's hard to keep running.

— Haile Gebrselassie

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

A sprinter should always know if he is on the right track and right direction, but it's not exactly true with those running marathon…

— Melchor Lim

Many run primarily for the exercise, but others run to condition themselves for well-publicized races of various distances.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

An athlete needs to run against the best in the world as often as possible to get into a groove quickly and be ready…

— Colin Jackson

When you run a race, you hurt your ability to compete when you turn your head to look at the competition chasing you, you…

— Oprah Winfrey

You find sprinters testing other sprinters' mental capability. But these are my good friends on the track. I don't think we need to do…

— Donovan Bailey

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

The potential elite runner must realize that hard means hard, easy means easy and they must patiently seek out what combinations work for them.…

— Frank Shorter

“Every race proves a new opportunity to educate myself about what it means to be a runner and what it means to run.”

— Jill Grunenwald