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Truth Quotes on Running |
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 Truth is, baby, you need that five-to-nine-a-day! |
"Who runs
in circles never gets far." "I run because
it's my passion, and not just a sport. Every time I walk out
the door, I know why I'm going where I'm going and I'm already
focused on that special place where I find my peace and solitude.
Running, to me, is more than just a physical exercise...it's
a consistent reward for victory!" "There
ain't no shame looking at a good runner's back. Now, if the
runner sucks, that's something else entirely…" "There are
actually people who cheat at race walks; they enter a race
walk, then run to win. You know you've given up in life when
you cheat at a race walk. You've decided that you're so pathetic
the only way you can win is by cheating against people who
aren't even competing." "The idea
of losing the three at Hayward Field and the idea of losing
my specialty to someone who wasn’t running his specialty.
Mostly, the idea of losing in front of my people. "From now
on, I’m going to be a dirty son of a bitch. I’m going to foul
a lot of people. I’ll get thrown out of a few races, but it's
time we Americans learned to run like the Europeans." "When you
run like I do, top tens are hard to come by and it usually
means a lot of good runners don't show up." "A good hill
definitely levels the playing field for a lot of runners,
which means more of us not only will run closer together,
but we will get a quality workout that would not be the same
otherwise." "...just like
Charlie don't surf...trout don't run...they swim. Runners
have slimey protective coatings too, after a few hard laps...
but that's where it ends, baby...If trout ran...they would
understand that pain is just a state of mind...they would
not need a bunch of tree huggers to sympathize with their
plight..." "Nothing splendid
has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that
something inside them was superior to circumstance." "You only
get to negatively affect your DNA." "(Scientific
testing) can't determine how the mind will tolerate pain in
a race. Sometimes, I say, 'Today I can die.'" "rapid motion
through space elates one" "No doubt a brain
and some shoes are essential for marathon success, although
if it comes down to a choice, pick the shoes. More people
finish marathons with no brains than with no shoes." "There is
no time to think about how much I hurt; there is only time
to run." "I am in a world
of pain, but I'm happy. I survived the water obstacle and
I can't even swim." "Even if you
fall flat on your face·at least you are moving forward." "Maybe I shouldn't
have had breakfast at Denny's." "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.'" "The longer
the race, the shorter the champ." "Roger Bannister
studied the four-minute mile the way Jonas Salk studied polio—with
a view to eradicating." "No one can
say, 'You must not run faster than this, or jump higher than
that.' The human spirit is indomitable." "The man who
can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is
the man who will win." "The mile has all
the elements of a drama." "The trouble
with a rat race is that even when you win, you're still a
rat." "I don't believe
in burnout. I believe in losing your appetite." "Your shoes
are only as good as the laces they're attached to." "Some people
endure pain better than others. All things considered, the
ability to withstand—or even deny—pain would seem
to be a valuable ally for the long distance runner in search
of significant improvement. In truth, it is probably a double-edged
sword, since medical experts tell us that pain is the body's
warning signal to back off, and that to ignore such schedules
is to roll the dice with both body and mind." "Top results are
reached only through pain. But eventually you like this pain.
You'll find the more difficulties you have on the way, the
more you will enjoy your success." "Stadiums
are for spectators. We runners have nature and that is much
better." "I want to be alone
now." "There will come
a point in the race, when you alone will need to decide. You
will need to make a choice. Do you really want it? You will
need to decide." "Pain is weakness
leaving the body." "When the guy says
go, you start to suffer -- or you might as well not be out
there. It's a small piece of your life, make it hurt." "Let's face
it. Handicaps were made for golfers and bowlers. There's no
reason to hold back and sandbag a 10k time. Despite press
and media devoted to the contrary, running was never intended
to feel good. Running is not a lifestyle choice. Simply put,
It's a sport." "I ran and ran
every day, and I acquired a sense of determination, this sense
of spirit that I would never, never, give up, no matter what
else happened." "It's better
to burn out than to fade away." "Road racing
is rock 'n roll; track is Carnegie Hall." "Sure you
have to know your capabilities. An untested, out of shape
person should walk if he or she is feeling exhausted in practice
or in a race. But the pain felt racing is the temporal price
one has to pay for the ephemeral experience of a race well
run." "It’s probably
the toughest distance race in the world to win. World class
runners from 1500m to the marathon contest it and instead
of just three runners from each country, like in the Olympics
or World Championships, in the senior men's race there are
nine." "The single biggest
change in middle-distance running, from the 1500 metres to
10,000 metres, has been the track surface." "The greatest
stimulator of my running career was fear." "Most mistakes
in a race are made in the first two minutes, perhaps in the
very first minute." "When
you see a guy go down, you smell blood in the water." "I was totally
into football, totally into mainstream sports my whole life...The
media has tried to categorize me, call me a hippie, call me
alternative. I work hard. My social life and beliefs don't
get in the way of my training." "I feel the earth
and the wind and the trees. I feel its spirit. It puts me
in the moment. I feel the rhythm of the race. It's like music.
When the rhythm gets dissonant and chaotic, it is either a
jazzy driving force behind me or demons inside me." "It
was a very strange, disappointing race in that no one wanted
to take it out. That's why I took the lead. I wanted some
people to run the real distance and that was frustrating.
So I took the pace around the second lap, which in some ways
is suicidal...but I wanted the pace to be honest." "I
wanted to run my race. I didn't want to sit there and play
games and see who could kick the hardest. I wanted it to be
a race." 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. "My
legs aching, my chest aching, my heart thumping and banging
away, the only things to look forward to, the only things
that kept me going, the drinks of water; but only when he
offered them, I'd never ask for them, no matter how I felt,
any more than I'd stop till the old bastard said I could stop.
Except twice to be sick, while he just stood watching me while
it all came heaving out, not saying anything; just standing,
waiting for me to go on, while I thought Christ I'll die,
I'm going to die, my guts are coming out, I'll die." "Mind
is everything: muscle--pieces of rubber. All that I am, I
am because of my mind." "Hills
are speedwork in disguise." "You're
really Frank Shorter, eh?...What happened to you at Montreal?" "If
the hill has its own name, then it's probably a pretty tough
hill." "I
felt my throat start to close up, and I didn't think I was
getting enough oxygen. I was scared, and I thought about quitting.
But you don't want to quit when you've trained so hard and
long for one race." "Get
back in the van. I can't even look at you right now." "There's
no such thing as bad weather, just soft people." "I
love controlling a race, chewing up an opponent. Let's get
down and dirty. Let's fight it out. It's raw, animalistic,
with no one to rely on but yourself. There's no better feeling
than that." "While
a man is racing he must hate himself and his competitors." "Hard
things take time to do. Impossible things take a little longer." "If
it hurts, make it hurt more." "When
you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." |
"Somewhere
in the world someone is training when you are not. When you
race him, he will win."-
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Date and time page last updated: 10/28/2005 7:02 AM