Ultra Running Quotes:

The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well.

- Pierre de Coubertin

topic: Victory, Important, Life Is, Olympic Games, Teacher Student

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

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 only way to define your limits is by going beyond them.

- Arthur C. Clarke

topic: Passion, Way, Limits, Life Philosophy, Words Of Encouragement

If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your first day or if you've been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run.

- John Bingham

source: John Bingham (1999). “The Courage To Start: A Guide To Running for Your Life”, p.14, Simon and Schuster

topic: Running, Years, Membership, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

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

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

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

- Ann Trason

topic: Running, Hurt, It Hurts, Marathon Running, Inspirational Track

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

- John Ruskin

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

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

- Paul Tergat

source: "Coeurs d'athlètes". Sport/Documentary, 2003.

topic: Running, Giving, Answers, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

Your body will argue that there is no justifiable reason to continue. Your only recourse is to call on your spirit, which fortunately functions independently of logic.

- Tim Noakes

topic: Sports, Body, Arguing, Marathon Motivational, Funny Running

Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.

- Dean Karnazes

source: Dean Karnazes (2006). “Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner”, p.197, Penguin

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Sports, Marathon Man, Marathon Motivational

It is not the critic who counts...The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena...

- Theodore Roosevelt

source: Address at the Sorbonne, Paris, 23 Apr. 1910. Richard M. Nixon quoted this passage in his address to the nation announcing his decision to resign the presidency, 8 Aug. 1974. See Theodore Roosevelt 1; Theodore Roosevelt 2; Theodore Roosevelt 5

topic: Men, Arena, Credit, Strong Man, Putting Yourself Out There

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

- T. S. Eliot

source: T.S. Eliot (2015). “The Poems of T. S. Eliot Volume I: Collected and Uncollected Poems”, p.1250, Faber & Faber

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Fear None, Courage To Change

So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.

- Theodore Roosevelt

topic: Humor, Soul, Victory, Inspiration And Motivation, Special Operations

How to run an ultramarathon ? Puff out your chest, put one foot in front of the other, and don't stop till you cross the finish line.

- Dean Karnazes

topic: Running, Feet, Puff, Finish Line, Ultra Marathon

If you want to become the best runner you can be, start now. Don't spend the rest of your life wondering if you can do it.

- Priscilla Welch

topic: Running, Want, Wonder, Marathon Runners, Motivational Cross Country Running

Just put one foot in front of the other.

- Austin Peck

source: Joe De Sena (2014). “Spartan Up!: A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

topic: Feet, Marathon Man, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Running, Marching Forward

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

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

- Abe Gubegna

topic: Running, Lions, Gazelles, Motivational Cross Country Running, Cross Country Motivational

If you're feeling good, don't worry. You'll get over it.

- Yogi Berra

topic: God, Running, Worry, Murphys Law, Funny Bumper Sticker

The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.

- Erma Bombeck

topic: Funny, Running, Sex, Inspirational Track, Funny Running

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

- George A. Sheehan

topic: Running, Obsession, Motivational Cross Country Running, Distance Runner, Distance Running

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

- Ranulph Fiennes

topic: Adventure, Weather, Inappropriate, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

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

- Robert Frost

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

The human body is capable of amazing physical deeds. If we could just free ourselves from our perceived limitations and tap into our internal fire, the possibilities are endless.

- Dean Karnazes

source: Dean Karnazes (2006). “Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner”, p.155, Penguin

topic: Running, Fire, Body, Limiting Beliefs, Infinite Possibilities

Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.

- Henry James

topic: Art, Philosophy, History, Marathon Running, Inspirational Runner

It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.

- Emil Zatopek

source: Attributed to Emil Zatopek in "Citius, Altius, Fortius" ("Swifter, Higher, Stronger"), an unsigned article from Khaleej Times, August 8, 2008.

topic: Running, Pain, Not Giving Up, Great Running, Distance Runner

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

- Bill Bowerman

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

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

- Billy Connolly

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