What is your all time favorite running quote

Question

i just want to no what is your favorite running quote i have a lot and i will give you some of them and if you want more you can e-mail me my e-mail is on my profile.

It hurts up to a point and then it doesn't get any worse." - Ann Trason

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift- Steve Prefontaine

"The gun goes off and everthing changes... the world changes... and nothing else really matters." - Patti Sue Plummer

"I have met my hero, and he is me." - George Sheehan

-I eat whatever the guy who beat me in the last race ate.

While running, it is rude to count the people you pass out loud.

Our sport is your sport’s punishment.

Cross Country isn't for everyone, only those weirdos who like to run through the woods in their underwear!

Running won't kill you... you'll pass out first.

Some people ask why I run so fast...well what do you do when you hear a gun?

Live to Run… Run to Live

i have a lot more but here are some

Answer 1

hha i like those.

My favorite one is Cross Country isn't for everyone, only those weirdos who like to run through the woods in their underwear!

hha i think its cute.

Thanks for posting them.  

Answer 2

" You must run as a team but taping your nipples as a team, thats completely up to you"

Answer 3

If running/track/xc/ was easy itd be called your mom!

haha i think its funny lol

Answer 4

I ran. I ran until my muscles burned and my veins pumped battery acid. Then I ran some more. - Tyler Durden, Fight Club

Fast girls have better times. - A shirt I read

Answer 5

Those are great, hadn't seen most of them. Here's a couple of my favorites.

"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 a lion or gazelle - when the sun comes up, you'd better be running."

"A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest.  I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.  Nobody is going to win a 5,000 meter race after running an easy 2 miles.  Not with me.  If I lose forcing the pace all the way, well, at least I can live with myself." -Pre

  "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, its being creative." Pre

Thnx for posting, I love discovering new quotes.

Answer 6

The trail runner knows that the woods are dangerous and the mud and mountains terrible, but he has never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining home.

-- Vincent van Go

"The only pace is suicide pace."

Pre

Answer 7

The faster you run, the faster you'll be done!

Answer 8

Some of the ones I like:

"The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat." Bill Squires

"You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming."

- Frank Shorter

Enjoy your pain, you've earned it.

"Man imposes his own limitations, don't set any" -Anthony Bailey

Most sports require only one ball.

Answer 9

The one by Steve Prefontaine! I love Pre! To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift...INSPIRATIONAL!!

Answer 10

We've used a couple of these on our xc shirts, I like "Running won't kill you... you'll pass out first." or "Cross Country isn't for everyone, only those weirdos who like to run through the woods in their underwear!"

Answer 11

haha i like the running won't kill you...you'll pass out first.

& i found this picture with one of those quotes(:http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x215/...

My teams slogan is.. "go big or go home"

I go by the saying "don't stop until you drop" and "pain is temporary, pride lasts forever"

here are some i like:

"It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys."

          - Emil Zatopek

"Top results are reached only through pain.  But eventually you like this pain. You'll find the more difficulties you have on the way, the more you will enjoy your success."

          - Juha "the Curel Vaatainen

"Running is a big question mark that's there each and every day.  It asks you, 'Are you going to be a wimp or are you going to be strong today?'"

          - Peter Maher, Irish-Canadian Olympian and sub-2:12 marathoner

“If you want to become the best runner you can be, start now.  Don’t spend the rest of your life wondering if you can do it.”

- Priscialla Welch, Olympian & NYC Marathon winner

"The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare."  (we have this on the back of some of our shirts)

-Juma Ikangaa, 1989 NYC Marathon winner

"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start."

-John Bingham, running speaker and writer

Ask yourself: "Can I give more?". The answer is usually: "Yes".

-Paul Tergat

When people ask me why I run, I tell them, there's not really a reason, it's just the adrenalin when you start, and the feeling when you cross that finish line, and know that you are a winner no matter what place you got.

-Courtney Parsons

"The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win."

- Sir Roger Bannister

I ran and ran until my muscles burned and my veins pumped battery acid, and then I ran some more.

-idk lol.

"The only way to define your limits is by going beyond them." - Anonymous

sorry i love running..i got a little carried away w/the quotes.. my friends say im obsessed. haha but hey obsessed is just a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated.

running = love.

Answer 12

"You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement." -Pre

Answer 13

I like "You might be a cross country runner if you use a golf course for your runs." because my team really did use a golf course once. I also like "You will be quicker if you go faster." and some others, but I can not think of any more right now, which makes me mad enough to kill.