"You have a choice. You can throw in the towel, or you can use it to wipe the sweat off of your face."
-Gatorade
Running Quotes...
Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
"Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have nature and that is much better."
--Juha Vaatainen
"Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must move faster than the lion or it will not survive. Every morning a lion wakes up and it knows it must move faster than the slowest gazelle or it will starve. It doesn't matter if you are the lion or the gazelle, when the sun comes up, you better be running."
- Maurice Greene
"It's rude to count people as you pass them. Out loud."
-Adidas ad
"We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon."
-Emil Zatopek
"There are clubs you can't belong to, neighborhoods you can't live in, schools you can't get into, but the roads are always open."
-- Nike
"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 hump higher than that.' The human spirit is indomitable."
- Sir Roger Bannister
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler."
Henry David Thoreau
"A marathon is like life with its ups and downs, but once you've done it you feel that you can do anything.'
-unknown
"You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming. "
-Frank Shorter
Ask yourself: "Can I give more?". The answer is usually: "Yes".
Paul Tergat
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