...that apply to running.
"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan, 'Press on,' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
-Calvin Coolidge
"Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize." -1 Corinthians 9:24
From British writer Peter Wilson:
"Boxing and running are the only true sports. Man either fights or runs away. Everything else is contrived."
good one!
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotion, spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who have never tasted victory or defeat."Theodore Roosevelt
"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly." - Robert F. Kennedy
"The winners in life think constantly in terms of 'I can, I will, and I am.' Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do." - Dennis Waitley
"A ship in the harbor is safe. But that's not what ships are built for." - Anonymous
"The smartest and most respected people in this world realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than intelligence, appearance, giftedness, or skill. It will make or break a team, a company, a church or a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is use wisely the one tool that we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it." - James Dobson
"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."
- Walter Bagehot
"I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time." - Jack London
"You're not an idiot Rusty, you're a Griswold"-Clark Griswold
"Do You Drugs Danny?"
"Everyday."
"Good Boy."
-Tye Web and Danny Noonan
A running friend of mine's non-running wife, "Just once I'd like to go to one of these races and hear someone say 'I'm ready and I'm going for it and the rest better watch out. Not all the whining excuses done in advance to cover their asses.'"
I think your friend's wife's statement is an indictment of the crowd she's traveling with.
"Donuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -Homer Simpson
Damn you already took the Calvin Coolidge one about persistence. That's the rallying cry of all us underachievers. I should have it framed.
malmo, You don't see this? I see 90% of runners whining and usually the better the runner, the more excuses they prepare. "I'm in a base stage of training." "I haven't done any speedwork." "I'm training through this race." etc. etc. However, I did get your sarcasm and got a good chuckle.
Only those willing to push the limit can possibly see how far one will go.-T.S. Eliot
Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa a lion wakes and it knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle, when the sun comes up you better be running.
"How much can you really know about yourself if you've never been in a fight?"
-- Tyler Durden, Fight Club
Arriba, arriba, andale!
--Speedy Gonzalez
I can eat 50 eggs.
My friend told his wife that I'd been running 100 mile weeks over this past winter and her reply was:
"Why doesn't he get a car?"
Priceless...
"Why did you have to say 50 Luke? Why not 20 or 25? Why 50 eggs, Luke?"
Fortune Favors the Bold
Hey Luke, leggo my eggos.
And while you're at it, get your dirt out of my hole.