Distance Runner Quotes

• They say the breaks even up in the long run, and the trick is to be a long-distance runner.

  Chuck Knox

  Running, Distance, Break Even

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• Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

  Jim Ryun

  Inspirational, Motivational, Moving On

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• It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it.

  Brooks Johnson

  Running, Distance, Track

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• There's no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes.

  Billy Connolly

  Being Happy, Running, Adventure

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• There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child, an artist and a saint. So, too, are you. Find your own play, your own self-renewing compulsion, and you will become the person you are meant to be.

  George A. Sheehan

  Motivational, Fitness, Running

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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 will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.

  Juma Ikangaa

  Motivational, Running, Mean

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• Everyone who has run knows that its most important value is in removing tension and allowing a release from whatever other cares the day may bring.

  Jimmy Carter

  Running, Important Values, Jogging

  United States. President (1977-1981 : Carter), Jimmy Carter (1979). “Jimmy Carter”

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• The difference between a jogger and a runner is an entry blank.

  George A. Sheehan

  Running, Differences, Jogging

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• Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.

  Lynn Jennings

  Motivational, Sports, Running

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• Ask yourself: 'Can I give more?'. The answer is usually: 'Yes'.

  Paul Tergat

  Motivational, Running, Athlete

  "Coeurs d'athlètes". Sport/Documentary, 2003.

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• Workouts are like brushing my teeth; I don't think about them, I just do them. The decision has already been made.

  PattiSue Plumer

  Motivational, Fitness, Running

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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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• There's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing

  Ranulph Fiennes

  Running, Adventure, Weather

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• Good things come slow, especially in distance running.

  Bill Dellinger

  Running, Giving Up, Distance

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• Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is much better.

  Juha Vaatainen

  Running, Marathon, Stadiums

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• Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not.

  George A. Sheehan

  Sports, Running, Athlete

  George A. Sheehan, George Sheehan (1992). “Dr. George Sheehan on getting fit & feeling great”, Outlet

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• Run like hell and get the agony over with.

  Clarence DeMar

  Inspirational, Running, Agony

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• A lot of people don't realize that about 98 percent of the running I put in is anything but glamorous: 2 percent joyful participation, 98 percent dedication! It's a tough formula. Getting out in the forest in the biting cold and the flattening heat, and putting in kilometer after kilometer.

  Robert de Castella

  Running, Dedication, People

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• The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life.

  George A. Sheehan

  Running, Obsession, Track Runners

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• A lot of people don't realize that not everybody gets high.

  Molly Ringwald

  Depression, Role Models, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• If you're feeling good, don't worry. You'll get over it.

  Yogi Berra

  God, Running, Worry

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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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• I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners.

  Sebastian Coe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Running

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• To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who's never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who was born blind.

  Jerome Drayton

  Inspirational, Motivational, Running

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