Quote by Jim Collins

Human progress is not an uninterrupted march forward. It is a slow and devious movement with haltings and twistings. The pathway of man ascends…

— Joseph Alexander Leighton

Every mile marker can be met with some measure of trepidation, in a race or in life. Am I on target? Do I have…

— Kristin Armstrong

Anyone can run 20 miles. It's the next six that count.

— Barry Magee

You can't rush the miles. No matter how fast I run, the five miles isn't going to be done in the first five minutes.

— Robert Herjavec

“Your progress as a runner is a frustratingly slow process of small gains. It’s a matter of inching up your mileage and your pace.…

— John Bingham

The natural urge when running a distance is to push harder and finish sooner - to race against time. Every second behind a deadline…

— Joe Henderson

Lengthen your stride/go the extra mile

— Spencer W. Kimball

People have got to remember that for the 400m hurdles you need the lot; the endurance of a middle distance runner and the speed…

— Colin Jackson

“Knowing that a 6-minute mile is just as far as a 16-minute mile will allow you to move forward and gain confidence. How”

— Sarah Richardson

If you're going to run a marathon you don't just go out there and run 20 miles on Day 1, you build up to that.

— Chris Sale

One can remain more sure-footed by taking small steps, but perhaps achieve greater speed by taking bigger steps. Of course, one also runs the…

— Angela Merkel

When your timing is off, so is your stride. When your cadence is off, you're in deep trouble as a hurdler.

— Rod Milburn