Block Quote by Florence Griffith Joyner

I got into running when I was being mentored by my coach. I tried it and developed a passion for it.

— Eliud Kipchoge

I run because it's so symbolic of life. You have to drive yourself to overcome the obstacles. You might feel that you can't. But…

— Arthur Blank

I didn't start running because somebody asked me to become a runner. Just like I didn't become a novelist because someone asked me to.…

— Haruki Murakami

The reason I really started running was for meditative purposes. I would pick some problem to have in my head while running.

— Biz Stone

Like writing, running is so much about mind over matter. There are times when you have to override the discomfort and keep pushing. That…

— Susan Orlean

I've started running since I had kids, and I've become one of those annoying people who likes running.

— Sophie Dahl

I have always been into fitness but never into running, in fact, I used to despise it. I'd look at people that ran and…

— Andi Dorfman

In high school, my two older brothers ran track. They'd come home sweaty and mud-covered, and I could tell they enjoyed it. So I…

— Mika Brzezinski

Exerting yourself to the limit over and over again, that is the essence of running. Running is painful, but the pain doesn't leave me,…

— Haruki Murakami

I feel like I wanted to run differently than everybody else did. And I want to do things that everybody else hasn't done.

— Le'Veon Bell

As I grow older and I don't run so fast, I'm not so eager to get myself in situations where I'm going to have…

— Harry Anderson

I guess I started running when I was about 18 and... I feel like it assists my creativity a bit because it completely just…

— Ellie Goulding