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The important thing is the attitude of the athlete, the desire to get to the top.
Oct 1, 2025
In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it.
Sweat cleanses from the inside. It comes from places a shower will never reach.
The footing was really atrocious. I loved it. I really like Cross Country; you're one with the mud.
The freedom of cross country is so primitive. It's woman vs. nature.
It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it.
I run because it's my passion, and not just a sport.
Good things come slow, especially in distance running.
Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is much better.
It hurts up to a point and then it doesn't get any worse.
The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat.
If you want to become the best runner you can be, start now. Don't spend the rest of your life wondering if you can do it.
The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.
Go in any direction..seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.
The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.
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.
Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.
A runners creed: I will win; if I cannot win, I shall be second; if I cannot be second, I shall be third; if I cannot place at all, I shall still do my best.
Cross Country: No half times, no time outs, no substitutions. It must be the only true sport.
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!
The start of a World Cross Country event is like riding a horse in the middle of a buffalo stampede. It's a thrill if you keep up, but one slip and you're nothing but hoof prints.
The marathon can humble you.
Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.
A lot of people don't realize that about 98 percent of the running I put in is anything but glamorous: 2 percent joyful participation, 98 percent dedication! It's a tough formula. Getting out in the forest in the biting cold and the flattening heat, and putting in kilometer after kilometer.
Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.
Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me.
Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be strong. You always go too far for your body. You must handle the pain with strategy...It is not age; it is not diet. It is the will to succeed.
Running is a road to self-awareness and reliance-you can push yourself to extremes and learn the harsh reality of your physical and mental limitations or coast quietly down a solitary path watching the earth spin beneath your feet.
It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better be running.
I run to see who has the most guts.
Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character.
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
Feel the fear and do it anyway.
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep but I have promises to keep...
Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.
You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.
I always loved running... it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.
I always loved running.... It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.
But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop.
You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
My whole feeling in terms of racing is that you have to be very bold. You sometimes have to be aggressive and gamble.
A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.
There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
Attitude determines how well you do it.