Track And Field Quotes - Page 2

• When you're a dreamer, heart break and failure come with the territory, but I can tell you it's worth it, because it's a way of living that is both moving and memorable.

  Lauren Fleshman

  Heartbreak, Failure, Moving

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  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.

  Gail Devers

  Motivational, Faith, Sports

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

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• Running reminded me exactly who I am and what I am made of.

  Lynn Jennings

  Sports, Running, Who I Am

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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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• My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.

  Carl Lewis

  Basketball, Sports, Running

  Carl Lewis, Jeffrey Marx (1992). “Inside track: my professional life in amateur track and field”, Fireside

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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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• Fear is gradually replaced by excitement and a simple desire to see what you can do on the day.

  Lauren Fleshman

  Motivational, Sports, 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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• Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Inspirational, Sports, Athlete

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• The ability to grow is directly related to the amount of insecurity you can take in your life.

  Bruce Jenner

  Life, Insecure, Insecurity

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

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• Coffee doesn't do it for me; it's running that gets me going.

  Joan Benoit

  Sports, Running, Strong Women

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• They have a word in Finnish called sisu, which basically means guts. It’s the strongest word in the Finnish language. You tell a Finn he doesn’t have sisu, that’s like spitting in his face.

  Arthur Lydiard

  Mean, Faces, Verbal Abuse

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• Every time I fail I assume I will be a stronger person for it.

  Joan Benoit

  Being Strong, Running, Strong Women

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• I run to see who has the most guts.

  Steve Prefontaine

  Sports, Running, Track

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• Running is in my blood-the adrenaline flows before the races, the love/hate of butterflies in your stomach.

  Marcus O'Sullivan

  Sports, Running, Hate

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• I want my time spent running to serve as a reward.

  Frank Shorter

  Running, Time, Giving Up

  Frank Shorter, Marc Bloom (1984). “Olympic gold: a runner's life and times”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Doing something for yourself like running, and using it to test yourself, will only make you feel better about your career or your family role.

  Joan Benoit

  Family, Fitness, Running

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• When you first get a hill in sight, look at the top of it only once. Then imagine yourself at the bottom of the other side.

  Florence Griffith Joyner

  Sight, Looks, Firsts

  Florence Griffith Joyner, John Hanc (1999). “Running For Dummies”, For Dummies

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• Anyone can train hard. Do you have the discipline to recover?

  Lauren Fleshman

  Sports, Recovery, Train Hard

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• Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.

  William Faulkner

  Inspirational, Running, Dream

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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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• Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run

  Steve Prefontaine

  Beautiful, Running, People

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• Today I will run for pure, absolute joy!

  Lopez Lomong

  Sports, Running, Joy

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• Good things come slow, especially in distance running.

  Bill Dellinger

  Running, Giving Up, Distance

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