Runners Running Quotes

#1. When runners win a big race these days, they get a car. When I won a big race, I got a ride.

Ron Delany

#2. While great leaders may be as rare as great runners, great actors, or great painters, everyone has leadership potential, just as everyone has some ability at running, acting, and painting.

Warren G. Bennis

#3. Everybody and their mother knows you don't train hard on Friday, the day before a race. But a lot of runners will overtrain on Thursday if left on their own. Thursday is the most dangerous day of the week.

Marty Stern

#4. 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.

Bill Rodgers

#5. I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners.

Sebastian Coe

#6. I don't think I would have been such a good runner if I hadn't enjoyed it.

Grete Waitz

#7. The Marathon distance is very difficult to cover and without the support of all of the fans and people cheering us on and the other runners, we would have a very difficult time to run the full race. So we work together to make a marathon happen.

Tilahun Regassa

#8. It is suicidal for other runners to copy my hill sessions without adequate background.

Pekka Vasala

#9. Many runners worry about who is in the race, or they think about the time they must run to win. I only try to run as fast as I am capable - nothing less.

Henry Rono

#10. To be honest, today's runners may as well go back to being nude as them Lycra pants they wear don't really hide much, do they? It's plain to see that if Usain Bolt went back to the old ways of running in the nude he would have an advantage getting over the finish line before anyone else. It

Karl Pilkington

#11. Runners in the western world have a tendency to create psychological barriers for themselves, but Morceli runs at will, with no inhibitions.

Eamonn Coghlan

#12. Even for runners who never make the transition to more sophisticated workouts, easing into speedwork will lead to more enjoyable running.

Don Kardong

#13. The only magic in our lives as runners is the magic of consistency. Not every run will make you feel great.

John Bingham

#14. And, finally, I run because there's no better way to see the sun rise and set.

Amby Burfoot

#15. So for front-runners we have a black and a woman. It's like being made to choose between syphilis or having and old man crap on your face. I would do the country a favor and run myself but I couldn't deprive Hollywood of me for 4 years.

Zach Braff

#16. We runners are all a little nutty, but we're good people who just want to enjoy our healthy, primitive challenge. Others may not understand running, but we do, and we cherish it. That's our only message.

John J. Kelley

#17. The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life.

George A. Sheehan

#18. There are champions in every neighborhood. Anyone can run to the very top. ANYONE! But you have to (a) start right, (b) think right, and (c) believe. Most runners get lost in one or more of those three steps.

Gerry Lindgren

#19. Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest.

Haruki Murakami

#20. I'm never going to run this again.

Grete Waitz

#21. You learn to run like a sprinter, you'll be a great distance runner

Alberto Salazar

#22. Body follows mind. If the mind compares itself to others this could lead to overtraining. Tune out what other runners do and how fast they run. Tune in, instead, to how your body wants to increase speed and distance.

Gina Greenlee

#23. Several of my critics have said, 'Bowerman just tacks up a piece of paper in the locker room and turns his runners loose.' They're partially right. I do give the athletes a relatively free rein and for good reason. One of my principles is? 'Don't overcoach.'

Bill Bowerman

#24. The toughest question has always been, "How do you get your ideas?" How do you answer that? It's like asking runners how they run, or singers how they sing. They just do it!

Lynn Johnston

#25. Runners are the ultimate celebration people. Running is just so intense, you're really experiencing life to the fullest.

Bill Rodgers

#26. The one thing that I really appreciate about being a runner is the incredible friendships and camaraderie that we, as runners, share. Although it will always be a cutthroat competition for every spot on every team, our companionship transcends these competitive rivalries.

Jennifer Rhines

#27. Every athlete has doubts. Elite runners in particular are insecure people. You need someone to affirm that what you are doing is right.

Lynn Jennings

#28. I studied Tom Cruise running in all the Mission Impossibles. I think he's one of the best screen runners.

Ben Stiller

#29. 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.

Paul Tergat

#30. Runners and yogis are alike in lots of ways, and not just because some of us need yoga to unkink what running jams. Runners and yogis are also alike because of this tortoise shell idea, this 'home' we can access inside ourselves.

Kristin Armstrong

#31. Runners don't run with their legs, they run ON their legs. In reality, they run with their Arms!

Percy Cerutty

#32. I still bother with runners I call hamburgers. They're never going to run any record times. But they can fulfill their own potential.

Bill Bowerman

#33. There's more to marathon day than running long. Learning how your body reacts to the early alarm, light breakfast and warm-up is key. Minimize surprises come race day. Run long the same time of day as the race.

Gina Greenlee

#34. School cross country runs started because the rugby pitches were flooded. There was an alternative: extra studying. This meant there were plenty of runners on sports afternoons.

Gordon Pirie

#35. Everyone has stress. A good run may not erase it, but it can reduce the effect and allow runners to gain control.

Jeff Galloway

#36. There are some people who think runners are snobs. These people are called non-runners. And they're right, of course. There is a certain hubris you develop when you do things no one else does.

Jennifer Graham

#37. What's at the core of your desire to run a marathon? Couple this journey with value beyond miles. The meaning you ascribe to your effort crystalizes your motivation and fuels your commitment to stay the course and go the distance.

Gina Greenlee

#38. Elite runners are genetically gifted, sure, but without intense training, those gifts are wasted. Their training creates a strong work ethic that leaves humility in its wake. There are no short cuts in marathoning, so anyone who is a marathoner has worked hard.

Jeff Horowitz

#39. The fastest runners don't always win the race and the greatest heroes don't always win the battles. But just keep running and fighting if that's all you can do. Never lose faith. And one day, you just might attain all that you hoped for and ... more.

Jose N. Harris

#40. Buzz has reduced my range. Running safely with him means using fewer and shorter routes, with multiple laps per day or multiple returns there per week. Neither of us minds repeating ourselves. This is what runners do.

Joe Henderson

#41. Speedwork is terribly overrated! I remember talking to runners after distance races and someone is sure to say they were able to run fast off base work with no speed work at all. The truth is speedwork doesn't work. Lots of miles, and then fast miles gets you there much quicker than speed work.

Gerry Lindgren

#42. Long slow distance makes long slow runners.

Jim Bush

#43. 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.

Ken Doherty

#44. Some runners judge performance by whether they won or lost. Others define success or failure by how fast they ran. Only you can judge your performance. Avoid letting others sit in judgment of you.

Hal Higdon

#45. Many people are afraid of running because between 30 to 70 percent (depending on how you measure it) of runners get injured every year.

Daniel Lieberman

#46. This is your first marathon. Possibly, you'll want it to be your last. Focus on future races draws energy from the one in front of you. Like the mileage that comprises them, train for marathons one at a time.

Gina Greenlee

#47. Runners don't quit. We fade; we "hit the wall"; we're sometimes reduced to a walk. But we keep on.

Amby Burfoot

#48. There is no bad weather, just soft runners.

Bill Bowerman

#49. I am a runner because I run. Not because I run fast. Not because I run far. I am a runner because I say I am. And no one can tell me I'm not.

John Bingham

#50. Once upon a time, about 20 years ago, runners believed they didn't have to do anything but run

Amby Burfoot

#51. They continued to run together for the next thirty minutes. Not a word between them, only the unspoken pulse of the run. Jacob believed runners shared an implicit doctrine: push through the pain to hit a point where it doesn't hurt anymore.

Jacqueline Simon Gunn

#52. Beginning runners come in all shapes, sizes and pre-existing conditions, so there's no magic formula for determining exactly how much basic running is needed before you start speedwork. Most experts, though, recommend three or four months of preparation.

Don Kardong

#53. Running is not, as it so often seems, only about what you did in your last race or about how many miles you ran last week. It is, in a much more important way, about community, about appreciating all the miles run by other runners, too.

Richard O'Brien

#54. When one runs 45, 50 or even 100km, for me, is not an ultra runner

Yiannis Kouros

#55. Once we get into the groove, we're kind of like long-distance runners - that adrenalin kicks in for me and I just keep running - and I don't stop!

Keith Urban

#56. And if any of you want some tips on running, don't be in a hurry, and never let any of the other runners know you are in a hurry even if you are. You can always overtake on long-distance running without letting others smell the hurry in you.

Colin S. Smith

#57. In the beginning you likely say, 'I run.' With more confidence, you say, 'I am a runner.'

Gloria Averbuch

#58. Runners like to train 100 miles per week because it's a round number. But I think 88 is a lot rounder.

Don Kardong

#59. Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is much better.

Juha Vaatainen

#60. Finland has produced so many brilliant distance runners because back home it costs $2.50 a gallon for gas.

Esa Tikkanen

#61. In running it is man against himself, the cruelest of opponents. The other runners are not the real enemies. His adversary lies within him, in his ability with brain and heart to master himself and his emotions.

Glenn Cunningham

#62. Compared to her, Sam ran like a girl and told himself as much.

Sheri Webber

#63. Based on my experience; I would develop fast speed before anything else. Get your young runners so they can run and teach them speed.

Gerry Lindgren

#64. I tell runners ... that no matter how inexperienced a runner you may be, there is nothing wrong with being intense. You don't know what you might discover.

Francie Larrieu Smith

#65. Runners are competitive folks. I think some might feel slighted they haven't got more recognition. I think they have a point. In running, you won't necessarily get noticed just for turning in good performances.

Dean Karnazes