Running, and other, Quotes that are just awesome! Enjoy.
(In no particular order).
Mental toughness is built by doing something that is hard over and over again, especially when you don't feel like doing it.
Our society has conditioned us to believe there should be no discomfort, to stop when we are uncomfortable. But the discomfort we feel when we're doing a challenging workout is an important part of the strengthening process.
Push through your down days when you're not feeling your best (unless, of course, you are injured or ill). Dogged determination requires keeping your feet moving forward through inconveniences, discomfort, and insecurities to reach your goals.
- Jim Afremow.
The biggest obstacle you’ll ever have to overcome is your mind.
If you can overcome that, you can overcome anything.
-The Age of Enlightenment
Running is nothing more than a series of arguments between the part of your brain that wants you to stop and the part that wants to keep going.
- Gibson's Daily Running Quotes, facebook.
What
you feel doesn't matter in the end; it's what you do that makes you
brave.
There's a lot of go waiting for you on the other side
of tired. Get yourself tired, Andre. That's where you're going to
know yourself. On the other side of tired. (Pg 155)
This is
why we're here. To fight through the pain and, when possible, to
relieve the pain of others. So simple. So hard to see. (pg 256).
A
poem : pg 298
Though much is taken, much abides; and though
We
are not now that strength which in old days
Moved heaven and
earth, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic
hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To
strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
-from "Open", Andre Agassi's autobiography.
We
only go around once. There's really no time to be afraid. So stop.
Try something you've never tried. Teach it. Do it. Risk it.
- Jon
Blais
You give but little when you give of your
possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly
give.
- Gibran
Let us then be up and doing,
With a heart
for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour
and to wait.
- Longfellow
Cheerfulness is the rich and satisfying result of strenous discipline.
Don't be afraid that
your life will end,
be afraid that it will never begin.
Work
like you don't need money.
Love like you've never been hurt,
and,
Dance like no one's watching.
“Your pain is the
breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.” - Kahlil
Gibran
“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.”
- Edmund Hillary
“You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to
do certain things – to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap,
sufficiently motivated.” - Edmund Hillary
"Courage has
never been known to be a matter of muscle; it is a matter of the
heart. The toughest muscle has been known to tremble before an
imaginary fear. It was the heart that set the muscle trembling."
- Gandhi
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they
revere. - voltaire
In the process of completely exhausting
myself, I connect with an inner part of me ordinarily veiled by the
everyday distractions of life. During that short time spent on a
trail in the mountains, my life is reduced to it's simplest terms.
Most ultrarunners are people who find goodness and joy in difficult
times, who see beyond the misery to the beauty of nature, and who
truly realize the elemental and important aspects of life. Going for
a run always clears my head, but running 100 miles distills my
soul.
"Massanutten Mountain Trails 100 Miler: A Triumph
of Desire over Reason" by Keith Knipling, one of a collection of
amazing essays from the book "Running Through The Wall:
Personal Encounters With The Ultramarathon", Neal Jamison.
"If
a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets as
Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare
wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of
heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper
who did his job well."
- Martin Luther King Jr.
"This
is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by
those alone who conquer them each day anew." - Johann Wolfgang
Von Goethe
The true runner
is a very fortunate person. He has found something in him that is
just perfect.,George Sheehan,Motivation
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"You feel good while you're running
and you feel even better when you're finished." Fred Lebow"Just
do it." Nike
"For me, like so many others, running
is the answer. Out on the road it is just you, the pavement, and your
will". John Bingham
"There is only one runner in
this race, and that is me". George Sheehan
"We all
have dreams. In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an
awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort."
Jesse Owens
"Last is just the slowest winner." C.
Hunter Boyd
"Tough times don't last but tough people do."
A.C. Green
"Get
out there and do what you love!"Kara Goucher
"Winning
is not about headlines and hardware [medals]. It’s only about
attitude. A winner is a person who goes out today and every day and
attempts to be the best runner and best person he can be… Winning
is about struggle and effort and optimism, and never, ever, ever
giving up". Amby Burfoot
"What matters is not
necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the
fight in the dog". Dwight D. Eisenhower
"If you want
to run, run a mile. If you want to experience another life... run a
marathon". Emil Zatopek
"Life (and running) is not
all about time but about our experiences along the way." Jen
Rhines
"The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat."
Bill Squires
"I tell our runners to divide the race into
thirds. Run the first part with your head, the middle part with your
personality, and the last part with your heart." Mike Fanelli,
club coach
"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
"There
are clubs you can't belong to, neighborhoods you can't live in,
schools you can't get into, but the roads are always open."
Nike
"You only ever grow as a human being if you're
outside your comfort zone", Percy Cerutty
"Good
things come slow - especially in distance running". Bill
Dellinger, Oregon Coach
"A runner must run with dreams in
his heart, not money in his pocket." Emil Zatopek
