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Marathon Runner Inspirational Quotes (483)

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Since I achieved something, running has exploded in my country. For me sometimes it is difficult even to know who the athletes are who are competing at the highest level. There are thousands.
Haile Gebrselassie
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As we run, we become.
Amby Burfoot
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I believe in keeping running simple and, in regard to shoes, that would mean no gimmicks, unnecessary cushioning, etc
Bill Rodgers
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My father thought sport was something fun - he didn't know it was a way to make money. Then I won a Mercedes at the world championships and I gave it to him. From the moment it arrived my father said: 'Good, you can support not just yourself but me too'.
Haile Gebrselassie
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I wanted the world to know that my country Ethiopia has always won with determination and heroism.
Abebe Bikila
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When we want to sink a convoy, we send out an observation plane first... Of course, to observe is not its real duty, we already know exactly where the convoy is. Its real duty is to be observed...Then, when we come round and sink them, the Germans will not find it suspicious.
Alan Turing
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I will never regret not denouncing apartheid.
Zola Budd
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Experience has taught me how important it is to just keep going, focusing on running fast and relaxed. Eventually it passes and the flow returns. It's part of racing.
Frank Shorter
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In Ethiopia, the problem is that you don't know who's who. You don't know who to trust. You don't have any freedom.
Feyisa Lilesa
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Running is a very natural activity. If you get too caught up, you find yourself constantly seeking to make running something that it isn't. You should let it be what it is - a very simple activity. Running has become too complicated for many people and they wind up turning sour on the sport, or losing the focus of their direction.
Bill Rodgers
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But I also realize that winning doesn't always mean getting first place it means getting the best out of yourself.
Meb Keflezighi
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If you train your mind for running, everything else will be easy.
Amby Burfoot
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Every athlete has doubts. Elite runners in particular are insecure people. You need someone to affirm that what you are doing is right.
Lynn Jennings
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For a couple of days after chemotherapy, food tastes really bland, even the best foods. I haven't been sick, but have been a little tired. I haven't lost any weight.
Grete Waitz
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Motivation is a skill. It can be learned and practiced.
Amby Burfoot
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To get to the finish line, you'll have to try lots of different paths.
Amby Burfoot
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It's probably the toughest distance race in the world to win. World class runners from 1500m to the marathon contest it and instead of just three runners from each country, like in the Olympics or World Championships, in the senior men's race there are nine.
Paul Tergat
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Acknowledge all of your small victories. They will eventually add up to something great.
Kara Goucher
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In my life I do a lot of things but I never forget my training.
Haile Gebrselassie
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Set a goal and a program for yourself, and everything else will follow. Guaranteed.
Amby Burfoot
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I thought the race could be won in the last kilometers in the park. Every hill I ran in training I ran to gain an extra step in the park.
Paul Tergat
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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
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To suddenly be a hero on a world basis was hard for me to understand. God gave me a gift. I got the chance to use it. I didn't think I deserved what people were saying. My talent is just more visible than theirs.
Grete Waitz
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I think [my kids] are runners. They definitely have the background. I try to help them as much as I can.
Meb Keflezighi
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