Companion Quote by Fanny Burney

“No one stands at the beginning of a race and then finds himself at the end having never taken a step forward. And if…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

It was being a runner that mattered, not how fast or how far I could run. The joy was in the act of running…

— John Bingham

It was like hunting fish with an underwater gun, a sport which he had once been foolish enough to try. At one moment there…

— Iris Murdoch

“A moment later the race began - poof - without any fanfare. There was no horn or gun or even a megaphone. But someone…

— Cami Ostman

“At age 43, when I decided to run again, I realized that the images used to describe runners didn't fit me. I wasn't a…

— John Bingham

The distance runner is mysteriously reconciling the separations of body and mind, of pain and pleasure, of the conscious and the unconscious. He is…

— Anonymous

Running with a drowsy child of Hades was more like doing a 3 -legged race with a life size rag doll.

— Rick Riordan

He had no imagination either-fatal for one engaged in child-rearing

— Mary Ann Shaffer

“These are the times that try men's souls. It's never pleasant to be caught in the machinery when a favourite comes unstitched, and in…

— P.G. Wodehouse

Running has thrown me into adventures that I would otherwise have missed.

— Benjamin Cheever

My African-American friends thought it was cool that I was racing. It's not like we had any role models out there to look up…

— Bubba Wallace

“Racing is an escape from society. From symbols of status, and self-perception. A chance to just be. For everyone to just be, with each…

— Erin Beresini