Running Training Quotes:

There's no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes.

- Billy Connolly

topic: Being Happy, Weather, Clothes, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

- Doug Larson

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Smart, Marathon Motivational, Inspirational Achievement

A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.

- Steve Prefontaine

topic: Motivational, Running, Art, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.

- Christopher McDougall

source: Christopher McDougall (2010). “Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen”, p.13, Profile Books

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Running, Gazelles, Marathon Motivational

There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child, an artist and a saint. So, too, are you. Find your own play, your own self-renewing compulsion, and you will become the person you are meant to be.

- George A. Sheehan

topic: Fitness, Running, Children, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Running

But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.

- Robert Frost

source: "Stopping byWoods on a Snowy Evening" l. 13 (1923)

topic: Love, Inspirational, Sleep, Marathon Running, Broken Promises

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

- Robert Frost

topic: Dark, Promise, Lovely, Marathon Running, Good Poetry

Go in any direction..seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

- Paula Radcliffe

topic: Sight, Feet, Marathon Runners, Inspirational Training, Motivational Cross Country Running

It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.

- George A. Sheehan

topic: Motivational, Running, Ideas, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

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

- Juha Vaatainen

topic: Running, Stadiums, Runners, Marathon Runners, Inspirational Runner

I always loved running... it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

- Jesse Owens

source: Jesse Owens, Paul G. Neimark (1978). “Jesse, a spiritual autobiography”

topic: Motivational, Fitness, Running, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running

My whole feeling in terms of racing is that you have to be very bold. You sometimes have to be aggressive and gamble.

- Bill Rodgers

topic: Motivational, Running, Feelings, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Running

The mile has a classic symmetry....It's a play in four acts.

- John Landy

topic: Running, Play, Four, Distance Runner, Distance Running

The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be strong. You always go too far for your body. You must handle the pain with strategy...It is not age; it is not diet. It is the will to succeed.

- Jacqueline Gareau

source: "Diversification and Discipline Are Key to Investing in Gold" by Frank Holmes, www.businessinsider.com. August 21, 2014.

topic: Fitness, Running, Strong, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.

- Ken Doherty

topic: Inspirational, Sports, Fitness, Inspirational Runner, Sports Spirit

The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.

- Juma Ikangaa

topic: Motivational, Running, Mean, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

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

source: Sir Roger Bannister (2011). “The First Four Minutes”, p.142, The History Press

topic: Motivational, Sports, Running, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit

- George A. Sheehan

topic: Running, Real, Voice, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

The marathon can humble you.

- Bill Rodgers

source: Bill Rodgers, Matthew Shepatin (2013). “Marathon Man: My 26.2-Mile Journey from Unknown Grad Student to the Top of the Running World”, p.274, Macmillan

topic: Running, Humble, Marathon, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

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.

- Jerome Drayton

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Running, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

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

- Frank Shorter

topic: Running, Mind, Trying, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

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.

- PattiSue Plumer

topic: Running, Challenges, Racing, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.

- Lynn Jennings

topic: Motivational, Running, Exercise, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

Learn to run when feeling the pain, then push harder.

- William Sigei

topic: Running, Pain, Feelings, Inspirational Running, Keep Running

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

- Sebastian Coe

topic: Running, Distance, Long, Marathon Motivational, Inspirational Track

You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.

- Steve Prefontaine

topic: Motivational, Success, Softball, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Running

A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.

- Steve Prefontaine

topic: Running, Pain, Race, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.

- Oprah Winfrey

topic: Motivational, Running, Fitness, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running

To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.

- Steve Prefontaine

source: "Pre: Americas Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine". Book by Tom Jordan, 1977.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

- John Ruskin

topic: Change, Weather, Different, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

- Jesse Owens

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Running, Self Determination, Marathon Motivational

The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.

- Roger Bannister

source: "The Spirituality Of Running" by Jim Friedrich, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 5, 2016.

topic: Motivational, Success, Fitness, Hurt And Pain, Hurt Pain

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

- Mark Twain

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Inspirational Football, Marathon Runners

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

- John Wooden

source: "This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Favorite Sports, Inspiration And Motivation

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

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

topic: Inspirational, Life, Basketball, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running

If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.

- Kathrine Switzer

source: "This Inspiring, Blind Young Man Is Running the NYC Marathon to Save Lives" by Sibylle Eschapasse, www.theepochtimes.com. October 29, 2015.

topic: Running, Endurance, Watches, Marathon Motivational, Losing Faith

There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.

- Bill Bowerman

topic: Motivational, Running, Not Giving Up, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

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

- Said Aouita

topic: Running, Body, Beats, Distance Runner, Cross Country Motivational

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.

- Robert de Castella

topic: Running, Dedication, People, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

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?

- Jesse Owens

topic: Country, Running, Differences, Cross Country Running, Running Marathon

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.

- Roger Bannister

topic: Running, Athlete, Men, Motivational Cross Country Running, Inspirational Running

The mile has all the elements of a drama.

- Roger Bannister

topic: Running, Drama, Elements, Distance Runner, Distance Running

Anyone can run 20 miles. It's the next six that count.

- Barry Magee

topic: Running, Next, Six, Running Training

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.

- John Farrington

topic: Running, Pain, Cutting, Inspirational Runner, Damage Is Done

You shall become the person you are.

- Friedrich Nietzsche

source: Friedrich Nietzsche (2010). “The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs”, p.219, Vintage

topic: Jogging, Great Running, Distance Running, Marathon Motivational, Distance Runner

A lot of people don't realize that not everybody gets high.

- Molly Ringwald

source: Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

topic: Depression, Role Models, People, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Running

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

- Mitch Hedberg

topic: Funny, Depression, Humor, Marathon Motivational, Inspirational Runner

I don't think about the miles that are coming down the road, I don't think about the mile I'm on right now, I don't think about the miles I've already covered. I think about what I'm doing right now, just being lost in the moment.

- Ryan Hall

topic: Running, Thinking, Just Being, Marathon Running, Motivational Running

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

- Lynn Jennings

topic: Running, Country, Crosses, Motivational Cross Country Running, Great Running