Trample the weak. Hurdle the dead.
— Attila the Hun
Jaw-dropping Track Running quotations
The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit.
The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
Make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up.
Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.
All athletes need three things: commitment, discipline and hard work.
Without that it's hard to keep running.
Go in any direction..seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.
You can't win them all but you can try.
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
Attitude determines how well you do it.
Life is a marathon, not a sprint; pace yourself accordingly.
I always loved running.... It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.
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.
I did try to come back and listen You never it.
.I didn't wish it But I did hear every answer ever question It's all about protection stil through the sunlight days I wait Track a ghost through the fog The sun is burning me And you come running out in the wind with me The ocean is your blanket.
Romance, like the rabbit at the dog track, is the elusive, fake, and never attained reward which, for the benefit and amusement of our masters, keeps us running and thinking in safe circles.
Romance, like the rabbit at the dog track, is the elusive, fake, and never attained reward which, for the benefit and amusement of our masters, keeps us running and thinking in safe circles.
It hurts up to a point and then it doesn't get any worse.
There is something about the ritual of the race - putting on the number, lining up, being timed - that brings out the best in us.
The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.
Running with others can help get you out when you might otherwise blow it off.
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.
Running reminded me exactly who I am and what I am made of.
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.
Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.
Running is my meditation, mind flush, cosmic telephone, mood elevator and spiritual communion.
The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.
Fear is gradually replaced by excitement and a simple desire to see what you can do on the day.
But talent—if you don't encourage it, if you don't train it, it dies.
It might run wild for a little while, but it will never mean anything. Like a wild horse. If you don't tame it and teach it to run on track, to pace itself and bear a rider, it doesn't matter how fast it is. It's useless.
Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
The mile has a classic symmetry....It's a play in four acts.
I don't train. I just run my 3-15 miles a day.
It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it.
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.
Doing something for yourself like running, and using it to test yourself, will only make you feel better about your career or your family role.
The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit
Athletes need to enjoy their training.
They don't enjoy going down to the track with a coach making them do repetitions until they're exhausted. From enjoyment comes the will to win.
