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“Everyone who has run knows that its most important value is in removing tension and allowing a release from whatever other cares the day may bring.”

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Book:Jimmy Carter

Source: Jimmy Carter

“The difference between a jogger and a runner is an entry blank.”

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Author:George A. Sheehan

“If you become restless, speed up. If you become winded, slow down. You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlessness and exhaustion.”

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Author:Robert M. Pirsig

“I run because it's so symbolic of life. You have to drive yourself to overcome the obstacles. You might feel that you can't. But then you find your inner strength, and realize you're capable of so much more than you thought.”

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Author:Arthur Blank

“Running is not, as it so often seems, only about what you did in your last race or about how many miles you ran last week. It is, in a much more important way, about community, about appreciating all the miles run by other runners, too.”

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Author:Richard O'Brien

“Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go. It helps us to find out what we are made of. This is what we do. This is what it's all about.”

“Ask yourself: 'Can I give more?'. The answer is usually: 'Yes'.”

“My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.”

Source: Inside track: my professional life in amateur track and field

“Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.”

“There's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing”

“The essential thing in life is not so much conquering as fighting well.”

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Author:Pierre de Coubertin

“Attitude determines how well you do it.”

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Book:Winning Every Day: The Game Plan for Success

Source: Winning Every Day: The Game Plan for Success

“Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.”

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Book:Wilma

Source: Wilma

“The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life.”

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Author:George A. Sheehan

“Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is much better.”

“Workouts are like brushing my teeth; I don't think about them, I just do them. The decision has already been made.”

“Out on the roads there is fitness and self-discovery and the persons we were destined to be.”

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Book:Dr. George Sheehan on getting fit & feeling great

Source: Dr. George Sheehan on getting fit & feeling great

“It hurts up to a point and then it doesn't get any worse.”

“The freedom of cross country is so primitive. It's woman vs. nature.”

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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.”

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

“Believe in yourself, know yourself, deny yourself, and be humble.”

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Author:John Treacy

“[Scientific testing] can't determine how the mind will tolerate pain in a race. Sometimes, I say, 'Today I can die.'”

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Author:Gelindo Bordin

“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.”

“I think people can handle 150 to 200 miles a week. But something has to give somewhere. If he's a student, how's he going to study? He may be at the age of chasing and courtship, and that's an important form of sport and recreation, too.”

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Author:Bill Bowerman

“Some people feel 'transformed' from the first day they begin running; others feel that it's just plain hard work. Most of us realize it is both. I know how great running can feel, but I also know it can feel not so great, even downright awful! It can be fun, but it takes work to have that fun.”

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Author:Grete Waitz

“The marathon can humble you.”

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Book:Marathon Man: My 26.2-Mile Journey from Unknown Grad Student to the Top of the Running World

Source: Marathon Man: My 26.2-Mile Journey from Unknown Grad Student to the Top of the Running World

“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.”

“How does a kid from Coos Bay, with one leg longer than the other win races? All my life people have been telling me, 'You're too small Pre', 'You're not fast enough Pre', 'Give up your foolish dream Steve'. But they forgot something, I HAVE TO WIN.”

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Author:Steve Prefontaine

“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.”

“We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves”

Source: The First Four Minutes

“Running has never failed to give me great end results, and that's why I keep coming back for more!”

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Author:Sasha Azevedo

“Emmitt Smith is a great running back. One of the things I like about him along with Edgerrin James is that neither one of them 'show out' when they run a touchdown.”

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Author:Earl Campbell

“It's elevating and humbling at the same time. Running along a beach at sunrise with no other footprints in the sand, you realize the vastness of creation, your own insignificant space in the plan, how tiny you really are, your own creatureliness and how much you owe to the supreme body, the God that brought all this beauty and harmony into being.”

“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

“There are as many reasons for running as there are days in a year.... But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child.”

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Author:George A. Sheehan

“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.”

“People there’s a new sheriff in town. One of the great running backs in line of Pittsburgh Steelers [and] his name is Le’Veon Bell. He’s on his way people.”

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Author:LaDainian Tomlinson

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

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