George A. Sheehan Quotes - Page 3

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• 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.

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  Running, Waiting, Understanding

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• There are as many reasons for running as there are days in a year.... But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child.

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  Running, Children, Animal

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• The true runner is a very fortunate person. He has found something in him that is just perfect.

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  Running, Perfect, Found

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• No matter how old I get, the race remains one of life's most rewarding experiences.

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  Running, Race, Matter

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• The desire to run comes from deep within us — from the unconscious, the intuitive, the instinctive. And that desire becomes a passion when the runner learns to race. Then, the race becomes all — the lovemaking of the runner.

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  Running, Desire, Deep Within

  "Dr. George Sheehan on getting fit & feeling great".

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• Of all the races, there is no better stage for heroism than a marathon.

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  Race, Heroism, Marathon

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• Exercise: you don't have time not to

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  Exercise

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• Fitness is just a stage you pass through on the way to becoming a racer.

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  Running, Way, Becoming

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• Why race? The need to be tested, perhaps; the need to take risks; and the chance to be number one.

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  Race, Numbers, Risk

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• Sport is an essential element of education.

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  Sports, Track, Essentials

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• To make your life a work of art, you must have the material to work with. The race, any race, is just such an experience.

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  Running, Art, Race

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• There is no substitute for learning to live in our bodies.

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  Healing, Body, Substitutes

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• Have you ever felt worse after a run?

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  Running, Felt

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• Because until we write it down, we don't know what is actually at the root of our lives.

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  Writing, Roots, Knows

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• If marathoners finish they win.

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  Running, Winning, Ifs

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• We who run...are different from those who merely study us. We are out there experiencing what they are trying to put into words.

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  Running, Trying, Endurance

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