Cross Country Motivational Quotes

Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character.

Alan Armstrong

Sports, Running, Athlete

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Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.

Oprah Winfrey

Motivational, Running, Fitness

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Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.

William Faulkner

Inspirational, Running, Dream

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The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.

Ken Doherty

Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Lou Holtz

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.

Steve Prefontaine

Running, Pain, Race

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The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be strong. You always go too far for your body. You must handle the pain with strategy...It is not age; it is not diet. It is the will to succeed.

Jacqueline Gareau

Motivational, Fitness, Running

"Diversification and Discipline Are Key to Investing in Gold" by Frank Holmes, www.businessinsider.com. August 21, 2014.

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The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.

John Bingham

Inspirational, Softball, Sports

John Bingham (1999). “The Courage To Start: A Guide To Running for Your Life”, p.210, Simon and Schuster

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The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.

Roger Bannister

Motivational, Success, Fitness

"The Spirituality Of Running" by Jim Friedrich, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 5, 2016.

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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

Steve Prefontaine

Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

"Pre: Americas Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine". Book by Tom Jordan, 1977.

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Cross Country: No half times, no time outs, no substitutions. It must be the only true sport.

Chuck Norris

Sports, Country, Track

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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.

Paavo Nurmi

Motivational, Sports, Running

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Feel the fear and do it anyway.

Susan Jeffers

Inspirational, Motivational, Running

Susan Jeffers, Ph.D. (2007). “Embracing Uncertainty: Breakthrough Methods for Achieving Peace of Mind When Facing the Unknown”, p.3, Macmillan

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Go in any direction..seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

Paula Radcliffe

Running, Feet, Sight

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A runners 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

Running, Winning, Creeds

Ken Doherty (1964). “Modern training for running”, Prentice Hall

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The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.

Juma Ikangaa

Motivational, Running, Mean

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Running is a road to self-awareness and reliance-you can push yourself to extremes and learn the harsh reality of your physical and mental limitations or coast quietly down a solitary path watching the earth spin beneath your feet.

Doris Brown Heritage

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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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

Motivational, Fitness, Running

Jesse Owens, Paul G. Neimark (1978). “Jesse, a spiritual autobiography”

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There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.

Bill Bowerman

Funny, Motivational, Nike

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I run to see who has the most guts.

Steve Prefontaine

Sports, Running, Track

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If you want to become the best runner you can be, start now. Don't spend the rest of your life wondering if you can do it.

Priscilla Welch

Motivational, Softball, Running

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It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better be running.

Abe Gubegna

Running, Athletic, Matter

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It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Confucius

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat.

Bill Squires

Running, Cat, Long

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Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.

Christopher McDougall

Inspirational, Motivational, Running

Christopher McDougall (2010). “Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen”, p.13, Profile Books

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