quotes about Runners
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You learn to run like a sprinter, you'll be a great distance runner
-- Alberto Salazar -
I've never known a runner who had as much patience as he needed.
-- Amby Burfoot -
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There is no bad weather, just soft runners.
-- Bill Bowerman -
It's like a runner or a swimmer training all the time. I sing every day.
-- Burton Cummings -
Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner.
-- Don Kardong -
We (ultra runners) alternate between depression and stupidity.
-- Don Kardong -
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Often, I visualize a quicker, like almost a ghost runner, ahead of me with a quicker stride.
-- Gabe Jennings -
I don't think I would have been such a good runner if I hadn't enjoyed it.
-- Grete Waitz -
I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner.
-- Haile Gebrselassie -
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I'm a runner first before anything else.
-- Haile Gebrselassie -
If Beethoven and Bach hooked up with Mozart and made a band, they could be a distant runner up to The D.
-- Jack BlackSource : FaceBook post by Jack Black from Aug 24, 2013
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Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is much better.
-- Juha Vaatainen -
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A runner's stride is not perfectly efficient.
-- Nancy Gibbs -
In war there is no second prize for the runner-up.
-- Omar N. Bradley -
I am an avid runner, mainly on weekends.
-- Patrick WilsonSource : "Face Time: Patrick Wilson". Interview with Tina Turnbow, tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com. January 06, 2012.
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If you die, I will bury you in the sandhills with all the other runners.
-- Percy Cerutty -
The true runner comes to the finish and receives the prize and is crowned.
-- Plato -
People would say I'm more polished as a passer than Tebow and Cam, but I'm not as physical a runner. But I am 6'2, 223, and I can throw with the best of them.
-- Robert Griffin III -
Business is a sprint until you find an opportunity, then it's the patience of a marathon runner.
-- Robert Herjavec -
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It's better to have ten disorganized players than ten organized runners.
-- Roberto Baggio -
The main quality a great third base coach must have is a fast runner.
-- Rocky Bridges -
I was a runner who happened to be a Christian. I needed to become a Christian who happened to be a runner.
-- Ryan HallSource : "A Runner’s Belief: God Is His Coach" By Jeré Longman, www.nytimes.com. July 14, 2012.
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It's easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.
-- Vin Scully -
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When one runs 45, 50 or even 100km, for me, is not an ultra runner
-- Yiannis Kouros -
Ultimately, the best runners are the ones who are willing to work very hard but who have a little bit of a lazy streak in them.
-- Benji Durden -
In the beginning you likely say, 'I run.' With more confidence, you say, 'I am a runner.'
-- Gloria Averbuch -
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A slow band can be great. A slow 100-metres runner is just obsolete.
-- Gylve NagellSource : Source: pitchfork.com
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I just do my best to put the ball in play and put it in play where no one's going to make a play on it and hopefully drive some runners in.
-- Joey VottoSource : "Answer Man: Joey Votto talks bowling, mustaches, hockey, Italy". Interview with David Brown, sports.yahoo.com. April 24, 2009.
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I am a better hitter with runners in scoring position.
-- Robinson Cano -
We've got a lot of people that support, but The Runners are definitely one of my favorites.
-- Ace HoodSource : Source: djbooth.net
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I wouldn't say there was a moment of realization when I wanted to be a runner; it was always just something I was.
-- Ashton Eaton -
You can't be a 20-mile a day eater if you're just a 5-mile a day runner.
-- Bruce Robinson -
I am a runner because I run. Not because I run fast. Not because I run far. I am a runner because I say I am. And no one can tell me I'm not.
-- John Bingham