Quotes
"Running is a mental sport...and we're all insane
!"
Some people follow their dreams, others hunt them down and beat them
mercilessly into submission. ~ Neil Kendall
The wind howls, because it knows it has to chase me. Just do it-NIKE
There is no room for frills when you're fighting the lone battle against
yourself. It's something only a runner would understand. -Saucony
Somewhere in the world someone is training when you are not. When you
race him, he will win. Tom Fleming's Boston Marathon sign
A little kid comes riding up on his bike and asks:'Gone a mile yet?"
....I said 'Yeah, I've done about five':\ He says,' Don't you hate running?'
Don Kardong
Extra effort is the key to success
Don't waste a heartbeat!
Successful people do things that unsuccessful people won't do
Winning begins with an attitude
The world doesn't want to hear about labor pains, it wants to see the
baby
Winning isn't always a victory, losing isn't always a defeat
Weak runners wait for opportunities, strong ones make them
Winners get the job done, losers make excuses
Talk is cheap. Don't tell me what you can do, show me
The tougher the experience, the tougher you become
"A runner Creed: I will win; if I cannot win, I shall
be second; if I cannot be second, I shall be third; if I cannot place at
all , I shall still do my best." Ken Doherty
It is easier to stay up than to catch up
The only one that limits you is yourself
Hard work, given time, will beat talent
Every day is a great day
If you want to be great, pretty good is really pretty bad.
Run hard when it's hard to run - Pavvo
No negative thoughts cross my mind on race day. When I look into their
eyes, I know I'm going to beat them."
"Tough times don't last but tough people do."
"Run like hell and get the agony over with"
"The will to win is worthless, without the will to prepare."
"Cross Country: No half times, no time outs, no substitutions. It must
be the only true sport"
Learn to run when feeling the pain: then push harder.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of
strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Speed is the by-product of busting your ass.
"Somewhere in the world someone is training when you are
not. When you race him, he will win." Tom Fleming's Boston Marathon Sign
When there is a hill to climb, don't think that waiting will make it smaller.
Pain is overrated... just keep running.
"Even if you’re on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit
there."
"If you push through the pain barrier into real agony, you are a champion"
"Become One with the mud!"
"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?'"
"If you want to win a race, you have to go a little berserk."
There’s no substitute for guts.
How you respond to the challenge in the second half of the race will
determine what you become after the race, whether you are a winner or a loser.
Running...It’s a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don’t quit when
you're tired -- you quit when the gorilla is tired.
It is a big fat hill that leads to the heights of greatness.
"Live to run. Run to win. Live to win."
"CC is the only sport all the rest are
just games"
"Of course its not easy if it was easy then
everybody would be doing it."
Take life one mile at a time
Run till it flows
"Pain is temporary, but pride lasts forever"
"If you want to run like Nedeti, think like Nedeti" - Jad Daley
"To improve your form, you need to teach yourself how to relax. Because
your hands and forearms control relaxation, focus on your hands to reduce
tension during a run." - Ned Frederick, biomechanist at Exter Reserch, Inc
"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.
"Before your next marathon, think about a person who helped make your
marathon possible. Then consider showing your appreciation by dedicating
the race to that person." - Joe Henderson
"There are no standards and no possible victories except the joy you are
living while dancing your run....you are not running for some future reward-the
real reward is now!" - Fred Rohe, author of The Zen of Running
"Never underestimate the power of a T-shirt."
"On the roads, I can see truth revealed whole without thought or reason.
There I experience the sudden understanding that comes unasked, unbidden.
I simply rest, rest within myself, rest within the pure rhythm of my running.
And I wait." - George Sheehan, M.D.
"I have no control over how fast my opposition can run. It's not like
I can tackle them. All I can do is work harder. Smarter. Train when my opposition
doesn't. In blood-chilling temperatures. Rain. Sleet. Wind."
"The foot is the best piece of running equipment there is."
"Act like a horse. Be dumb. Just run."
"To be a winner . . . all you need to give is all you have."
"You can never run a hill too hard, you will collapse before hurting it."
"To run or not to run? There is not question."
"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."
"Start writing a ew chapter, for if you live by the book you'll never
make history." Ben Sobel
"If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be
hard to beat." Herschel Walker
"The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose,
you have lost." George Shultz
"You have no control what the other guys goes. You only have control over
what you do." A J Kitt
"The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital." Joe
Paterno
"Set you goals high, and don't stop till you get there." Bo Jackson
"Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding
how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan." Tom Landry
"It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts;
it's what you put into practice." Eric Lindros
"If at first you don't succeed, you are running about average." M.H. Alderson
"The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I
am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what
they should have or would have done, or what they can't do." Dennis Waitley
"Think big, believe big, act big, and the results will be big." Anon.
"The more I train, the more I realize I have more speed in me." Leroy
Burrell
"The Principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement,
about being better than you were the day before." Steve Young
"Every morning in Africa a gazell wakes up. It knows it must run faster
than the lion or it will not survive. Every morning a lion wakes up and
it knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle or it will starve.
It doesn't matter if you are the lion or the gazelle, when the sun comes
up you better be running." Maurice Greene
"We told our guys to hold on for thirty minuets of agony for 12 months
of glory. " Coach John McDonnell After Arkansas won the 1993 NCAA XC
"Learn to run when feeling pain: then push harder. " William Sigei
"I hope I have convinced you- the only thing that separates
successful people from the ones who aren't is the willingness to work very,
very hard." Helen Gurley Brown
"Ask your self. 'Can I give more?' The answer is usually: 'Yes.'" Paul
Tergat
"Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what
you are capable of doing. Attitude determis how well you do it." Lou Holtz
"We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat." Queen Victoria
"To be successful, the first thing you have to do is fall
in love with your work." Sister Mary Lauretta
"To hit mark, aim above it." Anon.
"If you want a place in the sun, you'll have to put up with a few blisters."
Abigail Van Buren
"Even cowards can endure hardship: only the brave can endure suspense.
" Migron McLaughlin
"A sobering thought ‘What if, right at this very moment, I am living up
to my full potential?'" Jane Wagner
"It is the mind that makes the body." Sojourner Truth
"Go! Go! Go! It makes no difference where, just so you go! Go! Go! Remember
at the first opportunity- go!" Jeannette Renkin
"Just go out there and do what you've got to do. " Martina Navratilovs
"Love the moment, and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all
boundaries." Corita Kent
"Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you
can dream it, you can make it so." Belva Davis
"Runs end. Running doesn't." Nike
"The talent to be a great runner is a gift from God: utilizing that talent
is a gift to you from yourself!" Anon.
"Have a dream, make a plan, go for it. You'll get there, I promise." Zoe
Koplowits
"It is true that speed kills. In distance running it kills anyone who
doesn't have it." Brooks Johnston
"Running is a big question mark that's there each and
everyday. It asks you: Are you going to be a wimp or are you going to be
strong today?" Peter Maher
"What counts in a battle is what you do once the pain sets in." John Short
