Funny Cross Country Running Quotes

Run like hell and get the agony over with.

Clarence DeMar

Inspirational, Running, Agony

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Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.

Steven Wright

Funny, Country, Witty

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I run because it's my passion, and not just a sport. Every time I walk out the door, I know why I'm going where I'm going and I'm already focused on that special place where I find my peace and solitude. Running, to me, is more than just a physical exercise... it's a consistent reward for victory!

Sasha Azevedo

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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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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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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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I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and I'm damned if I'm going to use up mine running up and down a street.

Neil Armstrong

Fitness, Running, Believe

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Good things come slow, especially in distance running.

Bill Dellinger

Running, Giving Up, Distance

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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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A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.

Steve Prefontaine

Motivational, Running, Art

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Listen to your body. Do not be a blind and deaf tenant.

George A. Sheehan

Running, Endurance, Body

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Trample the weak. Hurdle the dead.

Attila the Hun

Funny Running, Cross Country Running, Weak

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In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it.

Sam Snead

Running, Golf, Track

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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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There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

John Ruskin

Change, Running, Rainy Day

"The Use Of Life". Book by John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury. Chapter 4: "Recreation", 1894.

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I run to see who has the most guts.

Steve Prefontaine

Sports, Running, 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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I had as many doubts as anyone else. Standing on the starting line, we're all cowards.

Alberto Salazar

Softball, Running, Doubt

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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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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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I always loved running.... It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.

Jesse Owens

Running, Endurance, Track And Field

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

Juma Ikangaa

Motivational, Running, Mean

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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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I run because it's my passion, and not just a sport.

Sasha Azevedo

Sports, Running, Passion

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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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