Combination Quote by Frank Shorter

It takes patience to become the best runner you can be. Top athletes realize that running is a long-term sport. It is set up…

— Anthony Famiglietti

Ultimately, the best runners are the ones who are willing to work very hard but who have a little bit of a lazy streak…

— Benji Durden

Each runner's capacity to absorb hard training is different. Find your own unique level of comfort and success will be yours.

— Hal Higdon

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

— Haile Gebrselassie

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

One skill that separates good from almost-good runners is an ability to concentrate for an entire race, whether it is a mile or a…

— Kara Goucher

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

Running and science draw on similar traits - stamina, ambition, patience, and the ability to overcome limits.

— Wolfgang Ketterle

Marathons are extraordinarily difficult, but if you've got the training under your belt, and if you can run smart, the races take care of…

— Deena Kastor

When the race gets hard to run, it means you just can't take the pace

— Bob Marley

The runner's greatest asset, apart from essential fitness of body, is a cool and calculating brain allied to confidence and courage.

— Franz Stampfl

The runner must be a fanatic for hard work and enthusiastic enough to enjoy it.

— Franz Stampfl