The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
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.
Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.
Marathoning is a metaphor for life, so there are a lot of parallels you can draw. I tell people to follow your dream, follow your heart, follow your passion, run your own race and believe in yourself. I think anybody who wants to succeed has to have passion. My love for this sport, you can't instill it in someone else.
Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
Listen to your body. Do not be a blind and deaf tenant.
You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!
Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can.
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.
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
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.
The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat.
Run often. Run long. But never outrun your joy of running.
You've got to stick at a thing, a particular thing, until you succeed. I feel that's the only way to succeed - by concentrating on something in particular. Once you know what you've got to do you will succeed, you will succeed.
I always felt free when I ran. I suppose that's what was good about it.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.
The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.
Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go. It helps us to find out what we are made of. This is what we do. This is what it's all about.
Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.
I run because it's so symbolic of life. You have to drive yourself to overcome the obstacles. You might feel that you can't. But then you find your inner strength, and realize you're capable of so much more than you thought.
I had as many doubts as anyone else. Standing on the starting line, we're all cowards.
We may train or peak for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport.
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!
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