Running Quotes
- “The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life.” – George Sheehan
- “To run is to live.” – Unknown
- “The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.” – John Bingham
- “Running is the greatest metaphor for life because you get out of it what you put into it.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
- “Run often. Run long. But never outrun your joy of running.” – Julie Isphording
- “You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.” – Brian Tracy
- “It’s at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.” – Emil Zátopek
- “Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.” – Dean Karnazes
- “The only way to do it is to do it.” – Merce Cunningham
- “There is magic in misery. Just ask any runner.” – Dean Karnazes
- “The more I run, the more I want to run, and the more I live a life conditioned and influenced and fashioned by my running. And the more I run, the more certain I am that I am heading for my real goal: to become the person I am.” – George Sheehan
- “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” – Steve Prefontaine
- “Running is a road to self-awareness and reliance—you can push yourself to extremes and learn the harsh reality of your physical and mental limitations or coast quietly down a solitary path watching the earth spin beneath your feet.” – Doris Brown Heritage
- “It’s hard to run and feel sorry for yourself at the same time.” – Monty Williams
- “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
- “The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life.” – George Sheehan
- “You may run slow, but you are still lapping everybody on the couch.” – Unknown
- “There is no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.” – Bill Bowerman
- “Running is nothing more than a series of arguments between the part of your brain that wants to stop and the part that wants to keep going.” – Unknown
