I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners.
You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.
I run to see who has the most guts.
Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.
There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.
Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me.
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.
When I came back, after all those stories about Hitler and his snub, I came back to my native country, and I could not ride in the front of the bus. I had to go to the back door. I couldn't live where I wanted. Now what's the difference?
It is a paradox to say the human body has no 'limit.' There must be a limit to the speed at which men can run. I feel this may be around 3:30 for the mile. However, another paradox remains - if an athlete manages to run 3:30, another runner could be found to marginally improve on that time.
The mile has all the elements of a drama.
Anyone can run 20 miles. It's the next six that count.
Marathoning is like cutting yourself unexpectedly. You dip into the pain so gradually that the damage is done before you are aware of it. Unfortunately, when the awareness comes, it is excruciating.
You shall become the person you are.
A lot of people don't realize that not everybody gets high.
Onions make me sad. A lot of people don't realize that.
I don't think about the miles that are coming down the road, I don't think about the mile I'm on right now, I don't think about the miles I've already covered. I think about what I'm doing right now, just being lost in the moment.
The freedom of cross country is so primitive. It's woman vs. nature.
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