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Motivation is a skill. It can be learned and practiced.

Amby Burfoot

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Amby Burfoot
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 19
Journalist
Marathon Runner
Practiced
Skill
Motivation
Skills
Learned
Running

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I have learned that there is no failure in running, or in life, as long as you keep moving.
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I've never known a runner who had as much patience as he needed.
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That's the beauty of starting lines: Until you begin a new venture, you never know what awaits you.
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Best wishes for a great marathon. Be sure to savor it. The first marathon is something special. Run long and healthy.
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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.
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Courage is crossing a starting line.
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In the longest run of all, your life, you're going to be a winner.
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Don't judge your running by your speed.
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Life is a marathon, not a sprint pace yourself accordingly.
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Running removes us briefly from the fragmentation and depersonalization of the digital world
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I've always liked hills. I see a challenge, a goal, and I feel instantly galvanized to achieve that goal.
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Everyone stumbles at one time or another. It's the human condition
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As we run, we become.
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In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning.
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The true but rare runner's high is a zone that we enter when everything seems to click perfectly, when time stands still, and when we can run almost without effort.
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Running has taught me, perhaps more than anything else, that there's no reason to fear starting lines... or other new beginnings.
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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.
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It's not about how fast you go. It's not about how far you go. It's a process.
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Running is ultimately a personal experience. It is a revival of the spirit, a private oasis for the thirsty mind. Yet, its healing power only increases in the presence of others. Run together and the oasis grows cooler and more satisfying.
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I always tell beginning runners: Train your brain first. It's much more important than your heart or legs.
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