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Marathon Runner Inspirational Quotes (483)

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Living life is like running a marathon. It takes a lot of courage and tenacity to keep going till the end.
Fauja Singh
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Every time I fail I assume I will be a stronger person for it.
Joan Benoit
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Winning is neither everything nor the only thing. It is one of many things.
Joan Benoit
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Running in the morning has me appreciate all the choices that come later in the day. The choices I make after running seem healthier, wiser and kinder.
Deena Kastor
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I think he had a wake-up call. It's a different kind of race, and I think maybe he didn't take it quite as seriously as he might have, but you can bet he learned a lot of lessons.
Frank Shorter
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Being an athlete is a state of mind which is not bound by age, performance or place in the running pack.
Jeff Galloway
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Endurance running was my passion, my ride. So here, I was in the driver's seat, running for two days straight pushing the mental and physical limits striving to be better, to go farther, to give more.
Dean Karnazes
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It is as if I can see my body in front of me.
Yiannis Kouros
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It seems probable that once the machine thinking method had started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers… They would be able to converse with each other to sharpen their wits. At some stage therefore, we should have to expect the machines to take control.
Alan Turing
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I like to say, and I truly believe, that every run brings new experiences. You just don't know what they might be until you actually do the run. That's one of my major reasons for pushing out the front door as often as I do-the adventure of it all.
Amby Burfoot
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Mathematical reasoning may be regarded rather schematically as the exercise of a combination of two facilities, which we may call intuition and ingenuity.
Alan Turing
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Your life is a gift from the Creator. Your gift back to the Creator is what you do with your life.
Billy Mills
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If it comes easy, if it doesn’t require extraordinary effort, you’re not pushing hard enough. It’s supposed to hurt like hell.
Dean Karnazes
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I don't rate myself as a fantastic, talented athlete. I just have perseverance. I'm a cart horse. I work hard.
Colleen De Reuck
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I have no plans to seek asylum in the U.S. or elsewhere. I have not thought about citizenship. I love my country, the only problem I have is with the government.
Feyisa Lilesa
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I found I could also be good in cross country. I don't think my running style has anything to do with it. If you have speed and your body feels good, you can do any distance.
Catherine Ndereba
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That's the beauty of starting lines: Until you begin a new venture, you never know what awaits you.
Amby Burfoot
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Rivalry is one of the factors pushing me. While my back was turned, the Norwegians managed to achieve the first Arctic crossing in winter. I didn't want the same to happen in the Antarctic.
Ranulph Fiennes
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A lot of people say they love running because of how they feel afterward. Not me. Well, I love that, too, but it's also so much fun while I'm out there.
Dick Beardsley
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It's amazing how the same pace in practice can feel so much harder than on race day. Stay confident. Trust the process.
Sara Hall
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The most important force inside you for feeling better all the time is the will to get more fit.
Jeff Galloway
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That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that if you want to achieve you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa.
Haile Gebrselassie
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What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You can't work out another route. You've just got to run the one they give you. But they tell me London is a nice course. Even the cobbles, I hope, are not very much of a problem for me.
Haile Gebrselassie
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I do forgive people when they get it right, even people who in the past I thought were unforgivable.
Kathrine Switzer
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