Favorite Running Quotes
Just a few of my favorite running quotes - courtesy of the Fort Worth Runner’s Club website.
Quotes
“Remember the second most important thing to choosing the right shoe, is choosing the left one”
“If I am still standing at the end of the race, hit me with a board and knock me down, because that
means I didn’t run hard enough”
-Steve Jones
“It’s very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners.
Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.”
-George Sheehan
Just because your muscles start to protest doesn’t mean you have to listen
Do or do not. There is no try. -Yoda
Run like you’re avoiding the cooties.
“Pain is nothing compared to what it feels like to quit.”
“Your body will argue that there is no justifiable reason to continue. Your only recourse is to call on
your spirit, which fortunately functions independently of logic.” - Tim Noakes
“At some point it doesn’t get any worse.”
“To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.” - Alfred Lord Tennyson
“Sweat is the body’s tears of joy” - me