Distance running Quote by Sumedha Mahajan

Long-distance runners have to be very strange people. You have to really want to do it. You don't have to win or beat someone,…

— Ted Corbitt

to maintain success, stamina is more important than talent. You have to learn to be a marathon runner.

— Joan Rivers

Long distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.

— Mao Zedong

Long slow distance makes long slow runners.

— Jim Bush

Long distance running is 90% mental and the other half is physical.

— Rich Davis

Running is a mental sport, more than anything else. You're only as good as your training, and your training is only as good as…

— Lauren Oliver

In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.

— Mao Zedong

Running makes you an athlete in all areas of life...trained in the basics, prepared for whatever comes, ready to fill each hour and deal…

— George A. Sheehan

“I'm not totally uncompetitive. It's just that for some reason I never cared all that much whether I beat others or lost to them.…

— Haruki Murakami

“I never cared all that much whether I beat others or lost to them. This sentiment remained pretty much unchanged after I grew up.…

— Haruki Murakami

“People sometimes sneer at those who run every day, claiming they’ll go to any length to live longer. But I don’t think that’s the…

— Haruki Murakami

I found I could also be good in cross country. I don't think my running style has anything to do with it. If you…

— Catherine Ndereba