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Marathon Runner Inspirational Quotes (483)

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Running has taught me, perhaps more than anything else, that there's no reason to fear starting lines... or other new beginnings.
Amby Burfoot
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I am about to get involved with the biggest cancer hospital in Norway. They are building a fitness center to work with patients. I will be a consultant.
Grete Waitz
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I've always liked hills. I see a challenge, a goal, and I feel instantly galvanized to achieve that goal.
Amby Burfoot
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In terms of fitness and battling through cancer, exercise helps you stay strong physically and mentally.
Grete Waitz
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I do a lot of marathons as training runs. If I'm somewhere and there's a marathon, I'll sign up and just go run it.
Dean Karnazes
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All top international athletes wake up in the morning feeling tired and go to bed feeling very tired.
Brendan Foster
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Running is ultimately a personal experience. It is a revival of the spirit, a private oasis for the thirsty mind. Yet, its healing power only increases in the presence of others. Run together and the oasis grows cooler and more satisfying.
Amby Burfoot
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I like the marathon because it's one race where you can find out who's really the toughest. On the track, sometimes a guy can just pull away, and you want to stay with him but you don't have the leg speed. The marathon is slow enough that anyone can stay with you if he wants, if he has the will. The marathon is ultimately a test of will.
Alberto Salazar
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Toeing the starting line of a marathon, regardless of the language you speak, the God you worship or the color of your skin, we all stand as equal. Perhaps the world would be a better place if more people ran.
Dean Karnazes
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Once you make the decision that you will not fail, the heart and the body will follow.
Kara Goucher
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In a country where only men are encouraged, one must be one's own inspiration.
Tegla Loroupe
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Running is 80 percent mental.
Joan Benoit
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Some people start a sport just to reduce weight, or some say, 'My doctor ordered me to run and do exercise', and for others, they run for completely different benefits. But it is not like that with sport. We need to eat, we need to rest, but also we need to run.
Haile Gebrselassie
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We (ultra runners) alternate between depression and stupidity.
Don Kardong
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Some seek the comfort of their therapist's office, other head to the corner pub and dive into a pint, but I chose running as my therapy.
Dean Karnazes
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I'd rather run a gutsy race, pushing all the way and lose, than run a conservative race only for a win.
Alberto Salazar
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I know runners who have suffered a tick bite and ended up with Lyme disease. Ill take an angry moose any day.
Don Kardong
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Everyone stumbles at one time or another. It's the human condition
Amby Burfoot
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If you want to tell something to an athlete, say it quickly and give no alternatives. This is a game of winning and losing. It is senseless to explain and explain.
Paavo Nurmi
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The original question, 'Can machines think?' I believe to be too meaningless to deserve discussion.
Alan Turing
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Sure I'm cut but not for the sake of vanity.
Dean Karnazes
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I always say that talent and capability is everywhere, all it needs is opportunity.
Kathrine Switzer
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I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck.
Haile Gebrselassie
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When I finish a run, every part of me is smiling.
Jeff Galloway
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