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Middle Distance Runner Inspirational Quotes (181)

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Already in 2007 I thought I would be able to break the World record in the near future. That time Sammy Tangui was the pacemaker in Lausanne. I liked the way he was running. He is tall, he has a strong body and his stride is similar to mine. I told him in one of the coming years I would need him when I try to break the World record.
David Rudisha
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The footing was really atrocious. I loved it. I really like Cross Country you're one with the mud.
Lynn Jennings
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We need to be confident. We need not to blink.
Sebastian Coe
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There was nothing unusual about my victory. The entire story was back in eighth place. There is simply no way to imagine how good Jim Ryun is or how far he will go after he becomes an adult. What he did was more significant than Roger Bannister's first mile under 4 minutes.
Dyrol Burleson
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God made me the way I am and I accept myself. I am who I am and I'm proud of myself.
Caster Semenya
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Kenya is risking sanctions from international competition because international organisations think we are not addressing the problem in line with world best practice.
Kipchoge Keino
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Running cleared the day's cobwebs from my mind and focused my thinking, and gave me time and space to sort out anything that was bothering me, or to detach and think of nothing at all. When it's pouring rain and you're bowling along through the wet, there's satisfaction in knowing you're out there and the others aren't.
Peter Snell
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That is the sort of race which one really enjoys - to feel at one's peak on the day when it is necessary, and to be able to produce the pace at the very finish. It gives a thrill which compensates for months of training and toiling. But it is the sort of race that one wants only about once a season.
Jack Lovelock
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I think that is a universal adolescent feeling, trying to find your place. The adolescent who is perfectly adjusted to his environment, I've yet to meet.
Roger Bannister
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Yesterday I, along with a bipartisan Congressional Delegation of lawmakers, inspected the detention facilities at Guantanamo used to house individuals detained in the War on Terrorism.
Jim Ryun
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The decathlon is nine Mickey Mouse events and the 1500 metres.
Steve Ovett
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Road racing is rock 'n roll track is Carnegie Hall.
Marty Liquori
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In Cuba we use our champions to promote the sport.
Alberto Juantorena
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I was always a great bundle of energy. As a child, instead of walking, I would run. And so running, which is a pain to a lot of people, was always a pleasure to me because it was so easy.
Roger Bannister
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When I race my mind is full of doubts - who will finish second, who will finish third?
Noureddine Morceli
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The new Kenyans. There are always new Kenyans.
Noureddine Morceli
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Running reminded me exactly who I am and what I am made of.
Lynn Jennings
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When you sit in America you miss the open plains and you miss the sound of rain and the smell of rain and the smell of the veld. If you're African it's different and I don't think one will ever become an American or British. It doesn't matter where you move, you will always be a South African.
Zola Budd
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The mile has a classic symmetry....It's a play in four acts.
John Landy
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Im not sure there are enough coaches in the system that can take young talent and consistently get them into the top five in the world.
Sebastian Coe
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I brought killer intensity to my workouts… It’s not enough to just show up and do the workout. You have to bring something to it… What was your intention? If you are not believing with all fervour and relentlessness in what it is you want to do, no one is going to do that for you.
Lynn Jennings
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We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves...The more restricted our society and work become, the more necessary it will be to find some outlet for this craving for freedom. No one can say, 'You must not run faster than this, or jump higher than that.' The human spirit is indomitable.
Roger Bannister
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After the horrific attacks of September 11th, it was evident that our Government needed to be transformed to meet the new challenges of this dangerous world.
Jim Ryun
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No matter how painful something is, you have to take it. I saw that in both my parents.
Bernard Lagat
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