Actually Quote by Zola Budd

When I run barefoot, I put my shoes on my hands. Running around with shoe-hands looks a little weird.

— Danny Pudi

When I had no shoes I was comfortable - I used to run barefoot. When I wore shoes it was difficult. To run in…

— Haile Gebrselassie

For me, barefoot running has minimised my injuries. It creates a nice balance, when you are connection with the earth. It makes me enjoy…

— Milind Soman

“Shoes block pain, not impact! Pain teaches us to run comfortably! From the moment you start going barefoot, you will change the way you…

— Barefoot Ted

There is a growing subculture of barefoot runners, people who got rid of their shoes. And what they have found uniformly is you get…

— Christopher McDougall

Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest of the…

— Zola Budd

“The truth is that running in shoes is high impact, heel-centric, promotes bad form, is relatively unstable and inflexible, tends to weaken rather than…

— Michael Sandler

I no longer run barefoot.

— Zola Budd

I believe in keeping running simple and, in regard to shoes, that would mean no gimmicks, unnecessary cushioning, etc

— Bill Rodgers

I run in a pair of New Balances with a thinner sole, but they're nothing like those barefoot shoes that show all five toes.…

— Ryan Reynolds

They never put any pressure on me to be in On shoes or On clothes right away if I wasn't comfortable competing in them.

— Ben Shelton

Being barefoot makes me feel vulnerable.

— Kelly Stables