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Pat
Registered: 09/29/03
Posts: 793

10/29/09 at 07:57 PM

“Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” --Pre

“You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.” --Pre

“A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.” --Pre

“Life’s battles don't always go to the strongest or fastest man,
But sooner or later the man who wins is the fellow who thinks he can.” --Pre

The only tactics I admire are do-or-die
--Herb Elliott

"It's rude to count people as you pass them. Out loud."
--Adidas ad

"Cross Country - Finally a practical use for golf courses."

"Some people don't have the guts for distance racing. The polite term for them is sprinters."

Many more here.

kcartier
Registered: 02/15/07
Posts: 122

10/30/09 at 07:54 AM

My personal favorites:

"Sometimes you have to stop running and smell the roses, and sometimes you just have to stop and tie your shoe."

"Shut up and run."

thw
Registered: 10/30/04
Posts: 176

10/30/09 at 03:21 PM

My three favorites (and the basic core of my running philospophy) are:

1. "Start slow, then taper."

2. "I never met a hill I couldn't walk."

3. "There's no fool like an old fool."

ckbeatty
Registered: 10/26/03
Posts: 92

10/30/09 at 04:24 PM

"I ran past my hotel at mile 23 and I thought, hey, I could get early check-out, catch an earlier flight, and avoid the crowds. So I did."-Marty
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bbob

Registered: 08/22/06
Posts: 171

10/30/09 at 08:02 PM

"A man's reach must exceed his grasp, or else what's a heaven for?"

"You must do the thing you think you cannot do."

"Why couldn't Pheiddipedes have died at 20 miles?."

"Anything worth doing is worth doing to the extreme."

"Any idiot can run a marathon. It takes a special kind of idiot to run
an ultramarathon."

"His IQ drops 50 points every time he laces up a pair of running shoes."

"The race continued as I hammered up the trail, passing rocks and trees
as if they were standing still."

"You can never run a hill too hard, you will collapse before hurting it."

"I run distance because I want to be in good shape when I die."

"Well, dear, I hope you know what you're doing."

more at http://www.run100s.com/Quotes.txt

CourtneyB
Registered: 06/09/05
Posts: 171

11/03/09 at 10:06 AM

"You've got to be a little bored to be doing really good training."

"Too much knowledge can hold you back. Ignorance on the other hand... now that is something that can get you to the finish line."

"Your body will argue that there is no justifiable reason to continue. Your only recourse is to call on your spirit, which fortunately functions independent of logic."

"If you start to feel good during an Ultra, don't worry - you'll get over it."

"If you under-train you may not finish, but if you over-train, you may not start."

"Nobody should ever run a race where they are lapped by the sun."

"Find your limits and exceed them."

And the one I ALWAYS find to be true....
"No matter what hurts at the beginning, by the end of the race something will hurt worse."

william
Registered: 11/15/06
Posts: 131

11/03/09 at 10:18 AM

"let the road less traveled push you a lot harder"

PaulSiegwarth
Registered: 01/20/06
Posts: 156

11/04/09 at 02:32 PM

Clarence DeMar
-Run like hell and get the agony over with.

Barry Magee
-Anyone can run 20 miles. It's the next six that count.

Franklin P. Jones.
-The trouble with jogging is that by the time you realize you're not in shape for it, it's too far to walk back.

Hal Higdon
-The difference between the mile and the marathon is the difference between burning your fingers with a match and being slowly roasted over hot coals.

Jesse Owens
-Friendships are born on the field of athletic strife and the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

Juha Väätäinen, Finland
-Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have nature and that is much better.

Jumbo Elliott
-Act like a horse. Be dumb. Just run.

Marty Stern
-If the hill has its own name, then it's probably a pretty tough hill.

Neil Kendall
-Some people follow their dreams, others hunt them down and beat them mercilessly into submission.

BigMike
Registered: 10/01/03
Posts: 132

11/04/09 at 02:40 PM

"Excuses are for losers."

BigMike

william
Registered: 11/15/06
Posts: 131

11/04/09 at 07:43 PM

#10

John Belushi

"I train with little chocolate donuts"

Charles
Registered: 08/15/06
Posts: 24

11/05/09 at 04:03 PM

#11

"I run best when I run free" –Pre, in turning down a $200K offer to turn pro.

"Train, don't strain" –Arthur Lydiard

"Run the first 2/3 of the race with your head, the last 1/3 with your heart." –Jack Daniels

MartyM
Registered: 10/02/03
Posts: 315

11/05/09 at 11:03 PM

#12

Satchel Paige