A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more. — Steve Prefontaine
Rincewind had always been happy to think of himself as a racist. The One Hundred Meters, the Mile, the Marathon -- he'd run them all. — Terry Pratchett
A runner must run with dreams in his heart. — Emil Zatopek
There is something about the ritual of the race - putting on the number, lining up, being timed - that brings out the best in us. — Grete Waitz
The real purpose of running isn't to win a race, it's to test the limits of the human heart. — Bill Bowerman
Long distance running is particularly good training in perseverance. — Mao Zedong
When the race gets hard to run. It means you just can't take the peace. — Bob Marley
In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be. — Haruki Murakami
Every race is a war. Every race is a fight. If you don't go into every event with that belief, you will never achieve your goals. — Fabian Cancellara
During a race where everyone holds their own truth, the finish line is a surprise. — Akiane Kramarik
The reason we race isn't so much to beat each other... but to be with each other. — Christopher McDougall
You don't need fancy sneakers to run fast — Jon Bon Jovi
This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex. — Dan Rather
Running! If there's any activity happier, more exhilarating, more nourishing to the imagination, I can't think of what it might be. — Joyce Carol Oates
The difference between a jogger and a runner is an entry blank. — George A. Sheehan
The difference between a jogger and a runner is an entry blank. — George Sheehan
Running from your problems is a race you'll never win. — Kid Cudi
Anybody can be a runner. We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It's the easiest sport. — Bill Rodgers
If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk. — Bill Rodgers
Do the work. Do the analysis. But feel your run. Feel your race. Feel the joy that is running. — Kara Goucher
Run often. Run long. But never outrun your joy of running. — Julie Isphording
Top 10 Running Race Quotes
God gave you your own race to run, stop comparing yourself to other people. They have their race and you have yours. Run hard and don't quit. — LeCrae
Everything you need is already inside. — Bill Bowerman
He who starts behind in the great race of life must forever remain behind or run faster than the man in front. — Benjamin E. Mays
Make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. — George S. Patton
The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race. — Gough Whitlam
If you commit yourself to the love of Christ, then that is how you run a straight race. — Eric Liddell
My goal in sailing isn't to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long run. — Dennis Conner
The whole world is run on bluff. No race, no nation, no man has any divine right to take advantage of others. Why allow the other fellow to bluff you? — Marcus Garvey
But if we can learn to fall more in love with the Lord and trust Him in the middle of every storm, we build our endurance to keep running the race. — Kari Jobe
Just put one foot in front of the other. — Austin Peck
Running Race Image Quotes
Running away from your problems is a race you'll never win.
Inspirational Running Race Quotes
There will always be somebody more successful, more beautiful, more talented. You have to realize, you're not running their race. You're running your race. — Joel Osteen
Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go. It helps us to find out what we are made of. This is what we do. This is what it's all about. — PattiSue Plumer
So much in life seems inflexible and unchangeable, and part of the joy of running and especially racing is the realization that improvement and progress can be achieved. — Nancy Anderson
Running away from your problems is a race you'll never win!
Big occasions and races which have been eagerly anticipated almost to the point of dread, are where great deeds can be accomplished. — Jack Lovelock
Concentrate on small segments of your race at a time. For example, rather than obsessing about the distance that remains, simply complete the next mile in good form...try another, then another, until the race is done. — Jerry Lynch
The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit — George A. Sheehan
It is never wise to run any race but your own.
Throughout your career people will try to distract you. Some will scream at you, others will say things behind your back, and a few feral animals will literally try to throw their stiletto heel in in your lane and trip you. Keep your eyes straight ahead and just run your race. — Sharyn Alfonsi
Listen to your body. Do not be a blind and deaf tenant. — George A. Sheehan
From tonight onwards, take complete control of your life. Decide, once and for all, to be the master of your fate. Run your own race. Discover your calling and you will start to experience the ecstasy of an inspired life. — Robin Sharma
I want to run every race with a big heart. — Ryan Hall
Running Quotes
Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. — Norman Maclean
Trump says he wants to run for president. Why not? It wouldn't be the first time he pushed a black family out of their home. — Snoop Dogg
I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress. — Ronald Reagan
Worrying gets you nowhere. If you turn up worrying about how you're going to perform, you've already lost. Train hard, turn up, run your best and the rest will take care of itself. — Usain Bolt
You learn something out of everything, and you come to realize more than ever that we're all here for a certain space of time, and, and then it's going to be over, and you better make this count. — Nancy Reagan
People aren't born strong. people grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations learning not to run from them. — Christina Grimmie
People don't run out of dreams - people just run out of time. — Glenn Frey
Guess what this liberal would be all about? This liberal will be about socializing...uh, um...Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies. — Maxine Waters
F-E-A-R has two meanings: 'Forget Everything And Run' or 'Face Everything And Rise.' The choice is yours. — Zig Ziglar
Running Your Own Race Quotes
Don't spend all your time trying to win over your critics. Just run your own race. — Joel Osteen
A Mafia guy in Vegas gave me this advice: "Run your own race, put on your blinders." — Joan Rivers
When you're busy doing your own stuff it's like running a race. You try not to look over your shoulder to see who else is in the race, you do the best you can. — Gene Simmons
Practice being in the moment when you are running, whether you are on your own or in the race. — Jennifer Carpenter
In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. — Amby Burfoot
You're trying to figure out who you are when you're younger. However, once you've found yourself, you run your race, and you run in your own lane. — LeCrae
Run your own race. Who cares what others are doing? The only question that matters is 'Am I progressing?' — Robin Sharma
You weren't created to be unhappy in order to keep everyone else happy. Run your own race. — Joel Osteen
Your destiny is not determined by your critics. Focus on running your own race. — Joel Osteen
Run your own race at an even pace. Consider the course, the temperature, the weather, and most importantly, your current level of fitness. — Marty Liquori
Running The Race Of Life Quotes
No matter how old I get, the race remains one of life's most rewarding experiences. — George A. Sheehan
To make your life a work of art, you must have the material to work with. The race, any race, is just such an experience. — George A. Sheehan
Explore your limits and get to know yourself. You'll never feel more real than after the hardest workout, the longest run, the toughest week, or the best race of your life. Constantly make your own standards tougher. — Luke Watson
To run with the majority during the race of life is to be mediocre all of the time and wrong most of the time. — Len Smith
Those who submit to the Lord with simple heart will run the good race. If they keep their minds on a leash, they will not draw the wickedness of the demons onto themselves. — John Climacus
In the Bible, the race of life is never considered from the viewpoint of speed... We are to run it with patience. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
I made the school team, and when I won in a match against another school it was the greatest moment of my life even greater than the European titles. In those school races, I always ran my legs off. There were girls watching and I wanted to impress them. I was foaming and vomiting, but I won — Juha Vaatainen
I will not waste my life! I will finish my course and finish it well. I will display the Gospel of the grace of God in all I do. I will run my race to the end.” - Paul — John Piper
Life is a Sisyphean race, run ever faster toward a finish line that is merely the start of the next race — Matt Ridley
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. — Seneca
Attitude determines how well you do it. — Lou Holtz
Life is a marathon, not a sprint; pace yourself accordingly. — Amby Burfoot
I always loved running.... It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power. — Jesse Owens
Running Training Quotes
It hurts, but that’s all it does. The most difficult part of the training is training your mind. You build calluses on your feet to endure the road. You build calluses on your mind to endure the pain. There’s only one way to do that. You have to get out there and run. — David Goggins
When I came back, after all those stories about Hitler and his snub, I came back to my native country, and I could not ride in the front of the bus. I had to go to the back door. I couldn't live where I wanted. Now what's the difference? — Jesse Owens
If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it. — Michael Jordan
If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon. — Kathrine Switzer
I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds — Henry Rollins
When I was running training, we would fire a couple of leaders from every SEAL team because they couldn't lead. And 99.9% of the time, it wasn't a question of their ability - it was a question of their ability to listen. — Jocko Willink
I know I'm more on television, and I'm more recognizable than maybe even the players because they run and train, but I just stand there, and my face does all these funny things that everyone can see all the time. — Jurgen Klopp
I was running to catch a train when one of my teachers saw me. He thought I was fast, time me, and later gave me my first instructions in sprinting. I happened to be at the right place at the right time. — Elizabeth Robinson Schwartz
I always tell beginning runners: Train your brain first. It's much more important than your heart or legs. — Amby Burfoot
When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make the life of man run in harmony with the steam engine, and his movement rival the train in punctuality. — George William Russell
Distance Running Quotes
In running it is man against himself, the cruelest of opponents. The other runners are not the real enemies. His adversary lies within him, in his ability with brain and heart to master himself and his emotions. — Glenn Cunningham
When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time. — Haile Gebrselassie
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep but I have promises to keep... — Robert Frost
I have a saying 'train, don't strain.' The Americans have the saying 'no pain, no gain' and that's why they have no distance running champions. They get down to the track with a stopwatch and flog their guts out thinking that it'll make them a champion, but they'll never make a champion that way. — Arthur Lydiard
It hurts up to a point and then it doesn't get any worse. — Ann Trason
Ask yourself: 'Can I give more?'. The answer is usually: 'Yes'. — Paul Tergat
Walking long distances is fundamental to being a hunter-gatherer, but people sometimes have to run. One powerful motivation is to sprint to a tree or some other refuge when being chased by a predator. — Daniel Lieberman
They say the breaks even up in the long run, and the trick is to be a long-distance runner. — Chuck Knox
The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare. — Juma Ikangaa
There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child, an artist and a saint. So, too, are you. Find your own play, your own self-renewing compulsion, and you will become the person you are meant to be. — George A. Sheehan
Running Fast Quotes
Go fast enough to get there, but slow enough to see. — Jimmy Buffett
The secret of my success over the 400m is that I run the first 200m as fast as I can. Then, for the second 200m, with God's help I run faster. — Eric Liddell
God made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure. — Eric Liddell
How fast does a zebra have to run before it looks gray. — Demetri Martin
The future’s too bright to dwell on the past. Life moves fast, run faster. — Frank Iero
My philosophy is that all stocks are bad. There are no good stocks unless they go up in price. If they go down instead, you have to cut your losses fast Letting losses run is the most serious mistake made by most investors. — William O'Neil
It has been said that a pretty face is a passport. But it's not, it's a visa, and it runs out fast. — Julie Burchill
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
Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. — George Orwell
There is no gaming table in the world where loaded dice are tolerated, no athletic field where men must not start fair. Yet Mr. Rockefeller has systematically played with loaded dice, and it is doubtful if there has ever been a time since 1872 when he has run a race with a competitor and started fair. — Ida Tarbell
It was this new lifestyle--not race results, finishing times, or age-group rankings--that captivated me. I reveled in the simple purity of the outdoor experience that washed over me in the midst of a trail run, the feeling of calm that enveloped me while engaged in a hard swim, and the satisfying camaraderie I discovered while pedaling with gung-ho fellow bikers. — Rich Roll
Christianity is not a sprint but an endurance run. Therefore it is not how we start the race that counts, but how we complete it. How we finish is determined by the choices we make, and those are often formed by patterns we develop along the way. — John Bevere
That's the thing about running: your greatest runs are rarely measured by racing success. They are moments in time when running allows you to see how wonderful your life it. — Kara Goucher
If you're running for reelection in the House of Representatives race, you know, it's very important to you that you be on fairly good terms with the local affiliates in the largest market in your area. I mean you don't want to antagonize them. — Robert McChesney
A perfect ride. I fell a bit behind on the slow pace, but everything's good. It's real good. Yes, he ran the race we wanted him to run. — Elvis Trujillo
If you're running for reelection in the House of Representatives race, you know, it's very important to you that you be on fairly good terms with the local affiliates in the largest market in your area. I mean you don't want to antagonize them. — Robert Waterman McChesney
When I race my mind is full of doubts - who will finish second, who will finish third? — Noureddine Morceli
My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus. — Carl Lewis
The paradigm of competition is a race: by rewarding the winner, we encourage everyone to run faster. When capitalism really works this way, it does a good job; but its defenders are wrong in assuming it always works this way. — Richard Stallman
The Hell of Regret He who wins the race cannot run with the pack. And once you get out you can't come back, because caged lions don't mate with free ones! If ever you are going to win, you
must forsake the social construct of the cage and all the cage dwellers. — T. D. Jakes
The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die. — Steve Prefontaine
Today was not about times, it was about getting in there, enjoying the race, and enjoying the atmosphere — Paula Radcliffe
Tears streamed down my face as I crossed the finish line. I was a new person, a runner. — Thomas King
Get over it - If you have a bad workout or run a bad race, allow yourself exactly 1 hour to stew about it-then move on. — Steve Scott
No negative thoughts cross my mind on race day. When I look into their eyes, I know I'm going to beat them. — Danny Harris
Strive to be the very best you can be. Run the race against yourself and not the guy in the other lane. The reason I say that is, as long as you give it 110% you are going to succeed. But as long as you're trying to beat the guy over there, you are worried about him; you're not worrying about how you've got to perform. — Herschel Walker
[Scientific testing] can't determine how the mind will tolerate pain in a race. Sometimes, I say, 'Today I can die.' — Gelindo Bordin
It's amazing how the same pace in practice can feel so much harder than on race day. Stay confident. Trust the process. — Sara Hall
You must see yourself run the race over and over, time and time again. You must put yourself in critical positions and see how you would react in those positions before the race so when and if they do happen, the feedback is automatic. — Rod Milburn
He who is running a race ought to endeavor and strive to the utmost of his ability to come off victor; but it is utterly wrong for him to trip up his competitor, or to push him aside. So in life it is not unfair for one to seek for himself what may accrue to his benefit; but it is not right to take it from another. — Chrysippus
Winning has nothing to do with racing. Most days don't have races anyway. Winning is about struggle and effort and optimism, and never, ever, ever giving up. — Amby Burfoot
Marathoning is a metaphor for life, so there are a lot of parallels you can draw. I tell people to follow your dream, follow your heart, follow your passion, run your own race and believe in yourself. I think anybody who wants to succeed has to have passion. My love for this sport, you can't instill it in someone else. — Joan Benoit
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