Every game is an opportunity to measure yourself against your own potential.
Running is in my blood-the adrenaline flows before the races, the love/hate of butterflies in your stomach.
Passion is pushing myself when there is no one else around-just me and the road.
Fear is gradually replaced by excitement and a simple desire to see what you can do on the day.
The most important thing I learned [from running] is that there is only one runner in this race, and that is me.
Running allows me to set my mind free. Nothing seems impossible, nothing unattainable.
The human body is capable of amazing physical deeds. If we could just free ourselves from our perceived limitations and tap into our internal fire, the possibilities are endless.
Today I will run for pure, absolute joy!
You know what they say about big hitters...the woods are full of them.
Winning means being unafraid to lose.
Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football.
When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do.
You've got to learn the footwork, the positioning, how to box out, how to pass, how to shoot your free throws. All these things are necessary, not to be the No. 1 player in the world, but maybe you can play against him.
This must be how the guys in Space Jam felt when MJ gave them their powers back through that old basketball.
All my life I've believed in myself. And I have never given up.
Most of us are in this more than just for playing soccer. We're in it for the bigger goal - to move it along for the next generation.
In running it is man against himself, the cruelest of opponents. The other runners are not the real enemies. His adversary lies within him, in his ability with brain and heart to master himself and his emotions.
Independence is the outstanding characteristic of the runner.
Do the work. Do the analysis. But feel your run. Feel your race. Feel the joy that is running.
Now I am not running to please sponsors or to be the No.1 U.S. runner. Now I look at each step I get to take as a gift. I run because I love to run. I want to be able to run until I am 90 years old.
Running is my meditation, mind flush, cosmic telephone, mood elevator and spiritual communion.
The more I run, the more I want to run, and the more I live a life conditioned and influenced and fashioned by my running. And the more I run, the more certain I am that I am heading for my real goal: to become the person I am.
For me, as for so many runners, there really are no finish lines. Runs end; running doesn't.
You're gonna have to go through hell, worse than any nightmare you've ever dreamed. But when it's over, I know you'll be the one standing. You know what you have to do. DO IT!
Play for the name on the front of the shirt, and they will remember the name on the back
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