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Author:Lynn Jennings

“No negative thoughts cross my mind on race day. When I look into their eyes, I know I'm going to beat them.”

“Run like hell and get the agony over with.”

“If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want - Why? Because (a) you'll burn all the calories you consume, (b) you deserve it, and (c) you'll be injured soon and back on a restricted diet anyway.”

“Only think of two things - the report of the pistol and the tape. When you hear one, run like hell until you break the other.”

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Author:Sam Mussabini

“You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming.”

“I cannot have survival as my only goal. That would be too boring. My goal is to come back in my best running form. It is good for me to have that goal; it will help me.”

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Author:Ludmila Engquist

“When I came back, after all those stories about Hitler and his snub, I came back to my native country, and I could not ride in the front of the bus. I had to go to the back door. I couldn't live where I wanted. Now what's the difference?”

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Author:Jesse Owens

“I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners.”

“A lot of people don't realize that about 98 percent of the running I put in is anything but glamorous: 2 percent joyful participation, 98 percent dedication! It's a tough formula. Getting out in the forest in the biting cold and the flattening heat, and putting in kilometer after kilometer.”

“Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me.”

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Author:Said Aouita

“I haven't seen too many American distance men on the international scene willing to take risks. I saw some U.S. women in Barcelona willing to risk, more than men. The Kenyans risk. Steve Prefontaine risked. I risked - I went through the first half of the Tokyo race just a second off my best 5000 time.”

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Author:Billy Mills

“It is a paradox to say the human body has no 'limit.' There must be a limit to the speed at which men can run. I feel this may be around 3:30 for the mile. However, another paradox remains - if an athlete manages to run 3:30, another runner could be found to marginally improve on that time.”

“The start of a World Cross Country event is like riding a horse in the middle of a buffalo stampede. It's a thrill if you keep up, but one slip and you're nothing but hoof prints.”

“When I was about 14 or 15, and running in a pretty muddy cross country race, one of my shoes stuck in the mud and came off. Boy, was I wild. To think that I had trained hard for this race and didn't do up my shoelace tightly enough! I really got aggressive with myself, and I found myself starting to pass a lot of runners. As it turned out, I improved something like twenty places in that one race. But I never did get my shoe back.”

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Author:Robert de Castella

“To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who's never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who was born blind.”

“Every athlete has doubts. Elite runners in particular are insecure people. You need someone to affirm that what you are doing is right.”

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Author:Lynn Jennings

“The footing was really atrocious. I loved it. I really like Cross Country; you're one with the mud.”

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Author:Lynn Jennings

“If you want to tell something to an athlete, say it quickly and give no alternatives. This is a game of winning and losing. It is senseless to explain and explain.”

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Author:Paavo Nurmi

“Marathon running is a terrible experience: monotonous, heavy, and exhausting.”

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Author:Veikko Karvonen

“School cross country runs started because the rugby pitches were flooded. There was an alternative: extra studying. This meant there were plenty of runners on sports afternoons.”

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Author:Gordon Pirie

“A runners creed: I will win; if I cannot win, I shall be second; if I cannot be second, I shall be third; if I cannot place at all, I shall still do my best.”

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Book:Modern training for running

Source: Modern training for running

“The real purpose of running isn't to win a race, it's to test the limits of the human heart.”

“Fear is the strongest driving-force in competition. Not fear of one's opponent, but of the skill and high standard which he represents; fear, too, of not acquitting oneself well. In the achievement of greater performances, of beating formidable rivals, the athlete defeats fear and conquers himself.”

“Running is one the best solutions to a clear mind.”

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Author:Sasha Azevedo

“I run because it's my passion, and not just a sport. Every time I walk out the door, I know why I'm going where I'm going and I'm already focused on that special place where I find my peace and solitude. Running, to me, is more than just a physical exercise... it's a consistent reward for victory!”

“The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat.”

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Author:Bill Squires

“I believe in the runner's high, and I believe that those who are passionate about running are the ones who experience it to the fullest degree possible. To me, the runner's high is a sensational reaction to a great run! It's an exhilarating feeling of satisfaction and achievement. It's like being on top of the world, and truthfully... there's nothing else quite like it!”

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Author:Sasha Azevedo

“My greatest ideas stem from running.”

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Author:Sasha Azevedo

“Trample the weak. Hurdle the dead.”

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Author:Attila the Hun

“Marathoning is like cutting yourself unexpectedly. You dip into the pain so gradually that the damage is done before you are aware of it. Unfortunately, when the awareness comes, it is excruciating.”

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Author:John Farrington

“I always loved running.... It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.”

“Onions make me sad. A lot of people don't realize that.”

“It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better be running.”

“The woods are lovely, dark, and deep but I have promises to keep...”

“Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.”

“In the achievement of greater performances, of beating formidable rivals, the athlete defeats fear and conquers himself.”

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Author:Franz Stampfl

“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.”

Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958

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