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Bruce Barton
-Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.
Frank Shorter, 1972 Olympic Marathon Champion
-Hills are speedwork in disguise.
Emil Zatopek after Olympic Marathon win
-I was unable to walk for a whole week after that, so much did the race take out of me. But it was the most pleasant exhaustion I have ever known.
Hal Higdon
-The difference between the mile and the marathon is the difference between burning your fingers with a match and being slowly roasted over hot coals.
Herb Elliott
-I have never been a killer. I'm not an aggressive personality and if I can remember any emotion I felt during a race it was fear. The greatest stimulator of my running was fear.
Isaiah 40:13
-They shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary.
Jack Lovelock
-Big occasions and races which have been eagerly anticipated almost to the point of dread, are where great deeds can be accomplished.
Juma Ikangaa
-The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.
Mike Fanelli, club coach
-I tell runners to divide a race into thirds. Run the first part with your head, the middle part with your personality, and the last part with your heart.
Neil Kendall
-Some people follow their dreams, others hunt them down and beat them mercilessly into submission.
Nike Running Poster
-The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running.
Paul Tergat
-Ask yourself: 'Can I give more?'. The answer is usually: 'Yes'.
Said Aouita
-Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me.
-Someone may beat me today, But they're gonna have to bleed to do it.
William Sigei
-Learn to run when feeling the pain: then push harder.
-Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.
Frank Shorter, 1972 Olympic Marathon Champion
-Hills are speedwork in disguise.
Emil Zatopek after Olympic Marathon win
-I was unable to walk for a whole week after that, so much did the race take out of me. But it was the most pleasant exhaustion I have ever known.
Hal Higdon
-The difference between the mile and the marathon is the difference between burning your fingers with a match and being slowly roasted over hot coals.
Herb Elliott
-I have never been a killer. I'm not an aggressive personality and if I can remember any emotion I felt during a race it was fear. The greatest stimulator of my running was fear.
Isaiah 40:13
-They shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary.
Jack Lovelock
-Big occasions and races which have been eagerly anticipated almost to the point of dread, are where great deeds can be accomplished.
Juma Ikangaa
-The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.
Mike Fanelli, club coach
-I tell runners to divide a race into thirds. Run the first part with your head, the middle part with your personality, and the last part with your heart.
Neil Kendall
-Some people follow their dreams, others hunt them down and beat them mercilessly into submission.
Nike Running Poster
-The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running.
Paul Tergat
-Ask yourself: 'Can I give more?'. The answer is usually: 'Yes'.
Said Aouita
-Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me.
-Someone may beat me today, But they're gonna have to bleed to do it.
William Sigei
-Learn to run when feeling the pain: then push harder.