Inspirational Running Quotes And Sayings

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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.”
– Jimmy Carter

“Keep varying the program. Your body will tell you what to do.”
– Joan Benoit Samuelson

“Every time I fail I assume I will be a stronger person for it.”
– Joan Benoit Samuelson

“Recognize your victories.”
– Joan Benoit Samuelson

“Running is my sunshine.”
– Joan Twine

“Many people shy away from hills. They make it easy on themselves, but that limits their improvement. The more you repeat something, the stronger you get.”
– Joe Catalano

“You also need to look back, not just at the people who are running behind you but especially at those who don’t run and never will… those who run but don’t race…those who started training for a race but didn’t carry through…those who got to the starting line but didn’t in the finish line…those who once raced better than you but no longer run at all. You’re still here. Take pride in wherever you finish. Look at all the people you’ve outlasted.”
– Joe Henderson

“A course never quite looks the same way twice. The combinations of weather, season, light, feelings and thoughts that you find there are ever-changing.”
– Joe Henderson

“You only live once, but if you work it right, once is enough.”
– Joe Louis

“Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks.”
– Joe Paterno

“Believe that you can run farther or faster. Believe that you’re young enough, old enough, strong enough, and so on to accomplish everything you want to do. Don’t let worn-out beliefs stop you from moving beyond yourself.”
– John Bingham

“The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.”
– John Bingham

“What distinguishes those of us at the starting line from those of us on the couch is that we learn through running to take what the days gives us, what our body will allow us, and what our will can tolerate.”
– John Bingham

“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

“The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.”
– Juma Ikangaa

“The will to win means nothing if you haven’t the will to prepare.”
– Juma Ikangaa

“Act like a horse. Be dumb. Just run.”
– Jumbo Elliot

“Watching the world’s best compete fires you up to achieve your own feats of greatness. When it comes to running, participation and spectating go hand in hand.”
– Kara Groucher

“Any idiot can train himself into the ground; the trick is working in training to get gradually stronger.”
– Keith Brantley

“A coach can be like oasis in the desert of a runner’s lost enthusiasm.”
– Ken Doherty

“I run because I used to be envious of people that could run, and now I am that person.”
– Kendra Thompson

“Every day is a good day when you run.”
– Kevin Nelson

“Life is complicated. Running is simple. Is it any wonder that people like to run?”
– Kevin Nelson

“The more I train, the more I realize I have more speed in me.”
– Leroy Burrell

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars.”
– Les Brown

“Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude is how well you do it.”
– Lou Holtz

“Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.”
– Lynn Jennings

“The freedom of cross country is so primitive. It’s woman vs. nature.”
– Lynn Jennings

“If at first you don’t succeed, you are running about average.”
– M.H. Alderson

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.”
– Mark Twain

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