Running Quotes – A Collation Of Over 200 Sayings

by allinspiration.com

“Poetry, music, forests, oceans, solitude–they were what developed enormous spiritual strength. I came to realize that spirit, as much or more than physical conditioning, had to be stored up before a race.”
– Herb Elliott

“The only tactics I admire are do-or-die.”
– Herb Elliott

“What I’ve learned from running is that the time to push hard is when you’re hurting like crazy and you want to give up. Success is often just around the corner.”
– James Dyson

“What else is there to do in this world but love other people?”
– James E. Shapiro

“The traditional approach to an unknown risk is avoidance.”
– James F. Clapp

“…the big increases in heart and blood volumes that occur by the 12th week of pregnancy should have the same effect as ‘blood doping’. This partially explains the outstanding performances of several female athletes from Eastern bloc countries who were at this stage of pregnancy when they competed in the 1976 Olympics.”
– James F. Clapp

“Now… Just run.’ [said the Doctor.]”
– James Goss

“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.”
– Japanese Proverb

“I love running. I’m not into marathons, but I am into avoiding problems at an accelerated rate.”
– Jarod Kintz

“On my resume I have an awards category. It has one entry. It is the highlight of my life. I’m not trying to impress you or make you overly jealous. I’m merely documenting. OK, so maybe I am gloating a bit. Here it is, exactly as it appears on my resume. “Awards: I won third place in the 100-yard dash in the fourth grade. I still carry around my green ribbon with me wherever I go. The ribbon is available for authenticity inspection upon request, and my fourth grade PE coach’s phone number can also be provided to corroborate the validity of my claim.”
– Jarod Kintz

“If I can’t see the bottom, I don’t know how much is left. Why does my love have to be so thick? I suppose because it keeps the engine of your heart running smooth.”
– Jarod Kintz

“A fuel pump is a fountain drink machine for cars. And people who want to save the environment and get drunk and run to work.”
– Jarod Kintz

“I want a driveway so long you couldn’t see the end of it even if you were 26.1 miles into running a marathon on it. But why would you run? That’s why my clone will have invented teleportation.”
– Jarod Kintz

“After a good run, my legs feel like Jell-O. Somebody get me a spoon and stick a fork in me.”
– Jarod Kintz

“I can run 50 yards faster than I can mow them.”
– Jarod Kintz

“You should shoot. I should shoo.”
– Jarod Kintz

“I’m running a marathon. I won’t be jogging, walking, or sprinting, but I will be overseeing it.”
– Jarod Kintz

“If you want to see how fast I run, just give me a football helmet and notice how my helmet collects bug carcasses like a car bumper.”
– Jarod Kintz

“Running cleared the day’s cobwebs from my mind and focused my thinking, and gave me time and space to sort out anything that was bothering me, or to detach and think of nothing at all.”
– Jeff Horowitz

“I didn’t understand it at the time, but our bodies need attention and encouragement as much as our minds. They are not meant to be kept quiet, preserved like a specimen in a jar. We are meant to move. When we forget that we are not just intellectual, emotional, and spiritual beings, but also animals, we do so at our peril.”
– Jeff Horowitz

“Elite runners are genetically gifted, sure, but without intense training, those gifts are wasted. Their training creates a strong work ethic that leaves humility in its wake. There are no short cuts in marathoning, so anyone who is a marathoner has worked hard.”
– Jeff Horowitz

“This means that I don’t have to run faster than the psychotic-maniac-vampire-cannibal, I just have to run faster than whoever is with me when the psychotic-maniac-vampire-cannibal starts chasing us.”
– Jim Benton

“As every runner knows, running is about more than just putting one foot in front of the other; it is about our lifestyle and who we are.”
– Joan Benoit Samuelson

“There are two goddesses in your heard. The Goddess of Wisdom and the Goddess of Wealth. Everyone thinks they need to get wealth first, and wisdom will come. So they concern themselves with chasing money. But they have it backwards. You have to give your heart to the Goddess of Wisdom, giver her all your love and attention, and the Goddess of Wealth will become jealous, and follow you.”
– Joe Vigil

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

“It was being a runner that mattered, not how fast or how far I could run. The joy was in the act of running and in the journey, not in the destination. We have a better chance of seeing where we are when we stop trying to get somewhere else. We can enjoy every moment of movement, as long as where we are is as good as where we’d like to be. That’s not to say that you need to be satisfied forever with where you are today. But you need to honor what you’ve accomplished, rather than thinking of what’s left to be done (p. 159).”
– John Bingham

“Long Distance training can be a positive & constructive form of selfishness. After all, once you’re at the starting line, you’re there by yourself. No one can run a single step for you. No one can jump in & help you. No one but you can make the decisions about what to do to keep going. It’s all up to you.”
– John Bingham

“Crossing the starting line may be an act of courage, but crossing the finish line is an act of faith. Faith is what keeps us going when nothing else will. Faith is the emotion that will give you victory over your past, the demons in your soul, & all of those voices that tell you what you can & cannot do & can & cannot be.”
– 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

“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

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