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Long Distance Runner Inspirational Quotes (404)

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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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If you keep chasing your dreams, one day you'll catch them.
Dean Karnazes
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I think there's only one sensible place for a person to be at 5:30 in the morning. That's in bed. And what am I doing? I'm out running. And I completely hate this.
Derek Clayton
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There's always going to be somebody who takes a dislike to you and you can't waste time worrying about it.
Paula Radcliffe
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You've got to look for tough competition. You've got to want to beat the best.
Grete Waitz
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Why should I say I will retire in three or four years? You retire the very moment you utter those words.
Haile Gebrselassie
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I was a rotten kid. My excitement came from seeing what I could get away with.
Louis Zamperini
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I want to go down in history.
Haile Gebrselassie
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To put it another way, Michael Jordan was a gym rat.
Frank Shorter
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Confidence is a belief in myself and my ability. I built my confidence through hard training. I believed there was no one out there working any harder than me.
Joan Benoit
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There's no such thing as a bad carbohydrate.
Don Kardong
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Avoid any diet that discourages the use of hot fudge.
Don Kardong
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I was constantly told and challenged to live my life as a warrior. As a warrior, you assume responsibility for yourself. The warrior humbles himself. And the warrior learns the power of giving.
Billy Mills
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If I have nothing to sacrifice, I have nothing to gain.
Catherine Ndereba
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The great commandment is that we preach the gospel to every creature, but neither God nor the Bible says anything about forcing it down people's throats.
Louis Zamperini
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The marathon is my only girlfriend. I give her everything I have.
Toshihiko Seko
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I started in law school in '71 and graduated in '74. So I was training for the Olympics, running or averaging around 20 miles a day and going to law school full time.
Frank Shorter
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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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In my Olympic history I don't think I have achieved my potential as an athlete. That's what I want when I look back at my career. I want to be able to say I gave it my best shot.
Paula Radcliffe
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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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