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Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins is the one who thinks he can.
Sep 28, 2025
Don't let worn-out beliefs stop you from moving beyond yourself.
The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.
Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves
The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit
The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life.
You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming.
Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can.
In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it.
Good things come slow, especially in distance running.
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.
Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.
We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves...The more restricted our society and work become, the more necessary it will be to find some outlet for this craving for freedom. No one can say, 'You must not run faster than this, or jump higher than that.' The human spirit is indomitable.
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.
The mile has a classic symmetry....It's a play in four acts.
When I came to New York in 1978, I was a full-time school teacher and track runner, and determined to retire from competitive running. But winning the New York City Marathon kept me running for another decade.
The gun goes off and everthing changes... the world changes... and nothing else really matters.
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.
Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run
Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best.
The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
The difference between a jogger and a runner is an entry blank.
Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.
Its very important that people know that I really enjoy everything that has happened to me. And I tell my kids... youre not going to be the tallest, fastest, prettiest, the best track runner, but you can be the nicest human being that someone has ever met in their life. And I just want to leave that legacy that being nice is a true treasure.
Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative.
Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
I run to see who has the most guts.
Ask yourself: 'Can I give more?'. The answer is usually: 'Yes'.
One chance is all you need.
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.
Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.
Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners.
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.
You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who's never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who was born blind.
Run like hell and get the agony over with.
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's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Believe that you can run farther or faster. Believe that you're young enough, old enough, strong enough, and so on to accomplish everything you want to do. Don't let worn-out beliefs stop you from moving beyond yourself.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Attitude determines how well you do it.