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Marathon Runner Inspirational Quotes (483)

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Sometimes parents limit the experiences their kids will have, saying they are going to fail they can't ride a bike or do sports.
Marla Runyan
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For me, the hardest part of an injury is watching the races go by that I had hoped to compete in. The only thing that makes it easier is thinking of how certain struggles make other accomplishments mean so much.
Dathan Ritzenhein
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Whenever feasible, pick your team on character, not skill. You can teach skills you can't teach character.
Ranulph Fiennes
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Run in places you love with people you like. Enjoying your surroundings and training partners will strengthen your commitment to running and bring out the best in you.
Deena Kastor
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My whole feeling in terms of racing is that you have to be very bold. You sometimes have to be aggressive and gamble.
Bill Rodgers
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Get going. Get up and walk if you have to, but finish the damned race.
Ron Hill
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How did I know you ran a 4:30 mile in high school? That's easy. Everyone ran a 4:30 mile in high school.
Frank Shorter
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The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.
Juma Ikangaa
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Whenever I'm being invited to the New York City Marathon like today, I need to think twice because I know it's a very tough race.
Martin Lel
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How to run an ultramarathon ? Puff out your chest, put one foot in front of the other, and don't stop till you cross the finish line.
Dean Karnazes
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I constantly remind myself that resting takes confidence. Anyone can train like a mad man but to embrace rest and to allow all the hard training to come out takes mental strength.
Ryan Hall
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As runners, we all go through many transitions-- transitions that closely mimic the larger changes we experience in a lifetime. First, we try to run faster. Then we try to run harder. Then we learn to accept ourselves and our limitations, and at last, we can appreciate the true joy and meaning of running.
Amby Burfoot
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I love challenges and hurdles because they are opportunities.
Deena Kastor
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If you do what you did yesterday you'll be beaten. If you do today what others are doing you'll be competitive. To win you much be doing today what others will be doing tomorrow.
Robert de Castella
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You must do as your people do. If my people are poor, I must be poor. People ask me, 'Why don't you find a personal coach or a private car?' I can't. Then I won't be part of my people.
Haile Gebrselassie
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I used to run to school, 10k every day. And this at altitude, perfect preparation, really.
Haile Gebrselassie
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All that I am is because of my mind.
Paavo Nurmi
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Running well is a matter of having the patience to persevere when we are tired and not expecting instant results.
Robert de Castella
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Don't be ashamed or embarrassed to dream big. You're living your life with hope, that's a powerful thing.
Kara Goucher
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I have seen things few of my countrymen have. The first time I went on an aeroplane I couldn't work out how the lavatories worked up in the sky.
Haile Gebrselassie
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I think some of the most celebrated moments in human achievement should be those times when everything is going against a person and they are down in the dumps but they simply choose to get up. That's real greatness!
Ryan Hall
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What is important is to win.
Haile Gebrselassie
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Sometimes the moments that challenge us the most, define us.
Deena Kastor
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No one will pay you for planning an expedition at first: you have to work in pubs at weekends so you can pay the gas bills. I joined the Territorial Army, which paid me when I turned up to drill nights, and so did my wife.
Ranulph Fiennes
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