Browsing Topic Best Motivational Running Quotes

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So… get on your way!

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.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.

Run often. Run long. But never outrun your joy of running.

Keep varying the program. Your body will tell you what to do.

The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.

Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.

Running is all about having the desire to train and persevere until every fiber in your legs, mind, and heart is turned to steel. And when you’ve finally forged hard enough, you will have become the best runner you can be. And that’s all that you can ask for.

I had as many doubts as anyone else. Standing on the starting line, we’re all cowards.

My whole feeling in terms of racing is that you have to be very bold. You sometimes have to be aggressive and gamble.

I run because it’s so symbolic of life. You have to drive yourself to overcome the obstacles. You might feel that you can’t. But then you find your inner strength, and realize you’re capable of so much more than you thought.

The marathon can humble you.

Just put one foot in front of the other.

The real purpose of running isn’t to win a race, it’s to test the limits of the human heart.

Don’t feel guilty about driving somewhere nice to run. If people can drive to a park to eat hot dogs, you can drive there to run.

The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat.

There’s no such thing as bad weather – only the wrong clothes.

I believe, I believe every day is a good day when you paint.

We may train or peak for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport.

It hurts up to a point and then it doesn’t get any worse.

Anybody can be a runner. We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It’s the easiest sport.

You’ve got to stick at a thing, a particular thing, until you succeed. I feel that’s the only way to succeed – by concentrating on something in particular. Once you know what you’ve got to do you will succeed, you will succeed.

The advice I have for beginners is the same philosophy that I have for runners of all levels of experience and ability — consistency, a sane approach, moderation and making your running an enjoyable, rather than dreaded, part of your life.

It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it.

There’s no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.

Good things come slow, especially in distance running.

Running has thrown me into adventures that I would otherwise have missed.

If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk.

It’s a treat being a runner, out in the world by yourself with not a soul to make you bad-tempered or tell you what to do.

I always felt free when I ran. I suppose that’s what was good about it.

Twenty seconds before a race, there’s absolute focus. The key thing is to achieve relaxation, but at the same to have absolute total control. You’ve got to find the balance between being totally ready to go and being really at peace with yourself as well.

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.