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Long Distance Runner Inspirational Quotes (404)

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Self-esteem can’t win you a race if you’re not in shape.
Louis Zamperini
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You entered a marathon with hills? You idiot.
Don Kardong
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You train best where you are the happiest.
Frank Shorter
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The bottom line is that you will not lose fat effectively with exercise-driven weight-loss efforts unless your eating habits moderate insulin production.
Mark Sisson
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Worry about him? I never even heard of him.
Ron Clarke
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When you stand on the victory stand, you must be able to ask yourself: 'Did I win this medal?'
Kipchoge Keino
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Like the marathon, life can sometimes be difficult, challenging and present obstacles, however if you believe in your dreams and never ever give up, things will turn out for the best.
Meb Keflezighi
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The world, we'd discovered, doesn't love you like your family loves you.
Louis Zamperini
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Train at the same pace day after day, week after week, year after year, and that's the kind of running the body adapts to. But break out of that comfort zone with a little speedwork now and then, and the body will learn to deal with the new demands.
Don Kardong
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Running through my mind are thoughts of all the races I ran. On my chest are medals from the races I won. In my heart is gratitude to Gerard Hartmann for helping make my dreams come true. I am very honoured to be a part of this wonderful book.
Douglas Wakiihuri
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I don't think you can become an outstanding runner unless you get a certain amount of enjoyment out of the suffering. You have to enjoy absorbing it, controlling it, and - ultimately - overcoming it.
Derek Clayton
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I simply adore the exhaustion that comes with training hard.
Deena Kastor
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Why couldn't Pheidippides have died at 20 miles?
Frank Shorter
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I look at victory as milestones on a very long highway.
Joan Benoit
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No one knows the fear in a front runner's mind more than me. When you set off at a cracking pace for four or five laps and find that your main rivals are still breathing down your neck, that's when you start to panic.
Ron Clarke
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I was thinking back to all the time in the gym, working hard, and that spurred me on [winning New York marathon just ten months after giving birth
Paula Radcliffe
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I'll never do that again!
Grete Waitz
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In the marathon a crazy athlete can just keep pushing from the beginning, at a championship you don't need a time just to win the race.
Haile Gebrselassie
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You have to know your body. It's part of the beauty of the training process, and once you've determined how much your body and mind can take, you can then begin to reach your potential.
Frank Shorter
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I prefer just a women's race. It's a totally different game mentally.
Paula Radcliffe
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If you put down a good, solid foundation and build one room after another, pretty soon you have a house. You build in your speedwork, your pace and increase your ability to run races and think races out. Then it's possible to run the way we do.
Rod Dixon
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Since I achieved something, running has exploded in my country.
Haile Gebrselassie
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The ultimate is not to win, but to reach within the depths of your capabilities and to compete against yourself to the greatest extent possible. When you do that, you have dignity. You have the pride. You can walk about with character and pride no matter in what place you happen to finish.
Billy Mills
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It is not the time spent with the child at their activity that is going to produce the highest level athlete. It is in supporting the child in an organized activity so the child can find what they truly like to do and let them go.
Frank Shorter
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