X

Sort by

Quote length

Sentiment

Change font

Change background

Marathon Runner Inspirational Quotes (483)

Page 18 of 21
Filter & Style
Image
In the rainy season, sometimes to get to the first lesson we had to run really quick, because we had to cross the river to school and we'd have to go up and down the bank to find a place to cross because there is no bridge.
Haile Gebrselassie
Image
Spend at least some of your training time, and other parts of your day, concentrating on what you are doing in training and visualizing your success.
Grete Waitz
Image
Being a runner means you are now 'free' to win and lose and live life to its fullest.
Bill Rodgers
Image
I eat nothing that's processed or refined - no high-fructose corn syrup, no sugar, no trans-fats. I eat a lot of fish and monounsaturated fats from olives, olive oil and nuts. A lot of organic, fresh fruits and vegetables. No bread. No gluten. No wheat. No rice.
Dean Karnazes
Image
Winning is not about headlines and hardware [medals]. It's only about attitude. A winner is a person who goes out today and every day and attempts to be the best runner and best person he can be. Winning is about struggle and effort and optimism, and never, ever, ever giving up.
Amby Burfoot
Image
Every race is totally different.
Bill Rodgers
Image
The footing was really atrocious. I loved it. I really like Cross Country you're one with the mud.
Lynn Jennings
Image
You know the marathon in my country is just exceptional. It's like soccer in England. If England win the world cup and Ethiopia win the marathon - it's the same.
Haile Gebrselassie
Image
In every work out there comes a moment where you have to decide to keep pushing hard - through the doubt, discomfort and fear of the pain. You have two choices at this point - to push through and to mentally divorce your mind of the doubt, discomfort and fear or you can surrender.
Lisa Rainsberger
Image
No, I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain.
Alan Turing
Image
Too many people have refused to begin running or have quickly dropped out of running programs because they 'have no talent for it.' Ridiculous. Talent has nothing to do with it. The only thing that matters is mental discipline.
Amby Burfoot
Image
You have to go through cycles of extreme poverty and suffering for a while they are used to that...They get up early, run hard, rest drink tea, get out and run hard again. Wehn Simon Dirorie gets up at 4 a.m. - I'm dedicated, but I'm not that dedicated.
Keith Brantly
Image
Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must just never give up.
Dean Karnazes
Image
Don't try to rush progress. Remember -- a step forward, no matter how small, is a step in the right direction. Keep believing.
Kara Goucher
Image
I run with a credit card and a cell phone, so when there is not a 7-Eleven around, like some of the country roads out there, I can get him to deliver a pizza to me. And I kind of give them a coordinate, a corner.
Dean Karnazes
Image
If your body is damaged, wounded, it can be fixed, but if inside, mentally, you are wounded you cannot fix it, it's hard.
Haile Gebrselassie
Image
I'd want to have the power of mind control. If I had that one skill you'd always see at the bank loading up bags full of cash.
Ryan Hall
Image
When I had no shoes I was comfortable - I used to run barefoot. When I wore shoes it was difficult. To run in shoes was ok, but at the beginning of my career it was hard.
Haile Gebrselassie
Image
Life is a kind of struggle. Life is a sort of fight.
Haile Gebrselassie
Image
Yes, winning the gold medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career - mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience.
Frank Shorter
Image
Running Makes you more spiritually aware and in tune with your inner-self.
Fauja Singh
Image
A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human.
Alan Turing
Image
Any idiot can train himself into the ground the trick is working in training to get gradually stronger.
Keith Brantly
Image
Not only in running but in much of life is a sense of balance and proportion necessary.
Clarence DeMar
Previous
Next