Able Quote by Malcolm Gladwell

Running taught me to have faith in my skills as a writer. I learned how much I can demand of myself, when I need…

— Haruki Murakami

Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude…

— Nelson Mandela

“It's difficult to teach how to write novels, but teaching swimming is just as hard.”

— Haruki Murakami

Most of what I know about writing I've learned through running every day.

— Haruki Murakami

Running has taken me on adventures great and small, at home and around the world. It has provided me with hope and perseverance on…

— Martin Dugard

“Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: that’s the essence of running, and a metaphor for life—-and for me, for writing as…

— Haruki Murakami

Just as with running, there were days that I didnt feel like writing; I wrote anyways.

— Nick Symmonds

Swimming forced me to deal with the things I wanted to escape. It helped me work through a lot of feelings and frustrations, because…

— Jessica Long

I don't think I began to be a professional writer until I learned my weaknesses and what I couldn't do. This forced me to…

— Robert Cormier

I'm not disciplined enough to be a writer consistently. I write when I have to.

— Vin Diesel

In my determination to avoid failure, I set myself a goal to work towards, that is, to transform myself into a running machine.

— Milkha Singh

This is the practice school of writing. Like running, the more you do it, the better you get at it.

— Natalie Goldberg