Runner Quotes

　　Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.

　　— Oprah Winfrey 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 Go in any direction..seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

　　— Paula Radcliffe

　　— Anita Moorjani It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.

　　— George A. Sheehan I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler.

　　— Socrates — Bill Bowerman Karpov, Kasparov, Korchnoi have absolutely destroyed chess by their immoral, unethical, prearranged games. These guys are really the lowest dogs around, and if people knew the truth about them, they would be held in more contempt than Ben Johnson, the runner, and they're going to know the truth when I do this book!

　　— Bobby Fischer

　　Every day of the year where the water is 76, day and night, and the waves roll high, I take my sled, without runners, and coast down the face of the big waves that roll in at Waikiki.

　　— Duke Kahanamoku — Emil Zatopek — Laozi It's better to have ten disorganized players than ten organized runners.

　　— Roberto Baggio 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

　　It's much more important than your heart or legs.

　　— Amby Burfoot I always loved running.... It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.

　　— Jesse Owens — Paul Tergat You have to drive yourself to overcome the obstacles. You might feel that you can't. But then you find your inner strength, and realize you're capable of so much more than you thought.

　　— Arthur Blank With school turning out more runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, snatchers, fliers, and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers, and imaginative creators, the word 'intellectual,' of course, became the swear word it deserved to be.

　　— Ray Bradbury

　　It's unnatural for people to run around the city streets unless they are thieves or victims. It makes people nervous to see someone running. I know that when I see someone running on my street, my instincts tell me to let the dog go after him.

　　— Mike Royko You have to really want to do it. You don't have to win or beat someone, you just have to get through the thing. That's the sense of victory. The sense of self-worth.

　　— Ted Corbitt — Juma Ikangaa Several of my critics have said, 'Bowerman just tacks up a piece of paper in the locker room and turns his runners loose.' They're partially right. I do give the athletes a relatively free rein and for good reason. One of my principles is? 'Don't overcoach.'

　　— Bill Bowerman — Omar N. Bradley

　　The front runner for the men was a native of Dallas who had run at large before, but I had a higher profile than him from my community service.

　　— Eddie Bernice Johnson — Herb Elliott They say the breaks even up in the long run, and the trick is to be a long-distance runner.

　　— Chuck Knox Don't spend the rest of your life wondering if you can do it.

　　— Priscilla Welch All runners are tough. Everyone has to have a little fire in them, that even in tough times, can’t be turned off.

　　— Shalane Flanagan

　　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 It's a treat being a runner, out in the world by yourself with not a soul to make you bad-tempered or tell you what to do.

　　— Alan Sillitoe 1 U.S. runner. Now I look at each step I get to take as a gift. I run because I love to run. I want to be able to run until I am 90 years old.

　　— Suzy Favor Hamilton The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.

　　— Steve Prefontaine Tears streamed down my face as I crossed the finish line. I was a new person, a runner.

　　— Thomas King