1. Winning has nothing to do with racing. Most days don’t have races anyway. Winning is about struggle and effort and optimism, and never, ever, ever giving up. –Amby Burfoot
2. You don’t need a reason – you need a road. Believe in the run. –Nike ad
3. You have to wonder at times what you’re doing out there. Over the years, I’ve given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement. -Steve Prefontaine
4. Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go. It helps us to find out what we are made of. This is what we do. This is what it’s all about. –PattiSue Plumer, U.S. Olympian
5. What distinguishes those of us at the starting line from those of us on the couch is that we learn through running to take what the days gives us, what our body will allow us, and what our will can tolerate. – John Bingham, running writer and speaker
6. Runners just do it. They run for the finish line even if someone else has reached it first. –Author Unknown
7. You have a choice. You can throw in the towel, or you can use it to wipe the sweat off of your face. –Gatorade ad
8. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. –Helen Keller
9. If you ever get a second chance in life for something, you’ve got to go all the way. –Lance Armstrong
10. The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. - Sir Roger Bannister, first man to break the 4-minute mile
11. The truth is that running hurts. –Unknown
12. Frustration is the first step towards improvement. I have no incentive to improve if I’m content with what I can do and if I’m completely satisfied with my pace, distance, and form as a runner. It’s only when I face frustration and uses it to fuel my dedication that I feel myself moving forwards. –John “the penguin” Bingham
13. If you’re starting out or trying to get to the next level, surround yourself with people who keep you motivated and energized – people who inspire you to achieve your best every day. When you do this, you can’t lose. –Anthony Famiglietti
14. People begin running for any number of motives, but we stick to it for one basic reason-to find out who we really are. –George Sheehan, M.D.
15. There is no time to think about how much I hurt; there is only time to run. –Ben Logsdon
16. Everyone in life is looking for a certain rush. Racing is where I get mine. –John Trautmann
17. I ran and ran every day, and I acquired a sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never, give up, no matter what else happened. –Wilma Rudolph
18. I focused on reminding myself I was running my race and not trying to keep pace with somebody. It’s about your journey—not everybody else’s journey –Jennifer Beals
19. Running is the classical road to self-consciousness, self-awareness and self-reliance. Independence is the outstanding characteristic of a runner. He learns the harsh reality of his physical and spiritual limitations when he runs. He learns that personal commitment, sacrifice and determination are his only means to betterment. Runners get promoted only through self-conquest. –Noel Coward
20. Good things come slow—especially in distance running. –Bill Dillinger
21. No one ever drowned in sweat. Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts. -Dan Gable
22. Only think of two things – the gun and the tape. When you hear the one, just run like hell until you break the other. ~Sam Mussabini
23. In running, it doesn’t matter whether you come in first, in the middle of the pack, or last. You can say, ‘I have finished.’ There is a lot of satisfaction in that. -Fred Lebow, New York City Marathon co-founder
24. “Ask yourself: ‘Can I give more?’. The answer is usually: ‘Yes’.”
-Paul Tergat, Kenyan professional marathoner
25. “The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.” -John Bingham, running speaker and writer
26. “Running is real and relatively simple…but it ain’t easy.” – Mark Will-Weber
27. “There are clubs you can’t belong to, neighborhoods you can’t live in, schools you can’t get into, but the roads are always open.” – Nike
28. “Run like hell and get the agony over with.” – Clarence DeMar
29. I always loved running – it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs. – Jesse Owens
30. Running is a big question mark that’s there each and every day. It asks you, ‘Are you going to be a wimp or are you going to be strong today?- Peter Maher
31. Running is a lot like life. Only 10 percent of it is exciting. 90 percent of it is slog and drudge. – David Bedford
32. Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it. – Oprah Winfrey
33. Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop. -Lewis Carroll
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