“Anybody can be a runner. We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It’s the easiest sport.”
“Ask yourself: ‘Can I give more?’. The answer is usually: ‘Yes’.”
-Paul Tergat, Kenyan professional marathoner
“No one ever drowned in sweat.” -Author Unknown
“Should Van Goh have stopped painting at an early age?”
-Martina Navratilova
“I try not to get caught up in thinking about the task ahead.
I just do what has to be done. I have the belief in myself that what I”m doing is right. Then, I let the rest happen.”
-Eamonn Coghlan
“If you feel like eating, eat. Let your body tell you what it wants.”
- Joan Benoit Samuelson
“It hurts up to a point and then it doesn’t get any worse.”
-Ann Trason
“Guys ask me, don’t I get burned out? How can you get burned out doing something you love?”
Tommy Lasorda
“I’m going to go out a winner if I have to find a high school race to win my last race.”
-Johnny Gray
“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
“If you start to feel good during an ultra, don’t’ worry you will get over it.”
-Gene Thibeault
“Most people run a race to see who is fastest. I run a race to see who has the most guts.”
-Steve Prefontaine
“Be a tough-minded optimist.”
-Frosty Westering
College Football Coach
“I’ve officially hit the wall. And it isn’t pretty.”
-Abbey Algiers…aka Runnerchica
