Motivational quotes

"I always loved running...it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs."

-Jesse Owens

"The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare."

-Juma Ikangaa, 1989 NYC Marathon winner

"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, Canadian marathon runner

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

-Paul Tergat, Kenyan professional marathoner

“No one can say, 'You must not run faster than this, or jump higher than that.' The human spirit is indomitable."

-Sir Roger Bannister, first person to run a sub-4 minute mile

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

-John Bingham

"When it's pouring rain and you're bowling along through the wet, there's satisfaction in knowing you're out there and the others aren't."

-Peter Snell

"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard...is what makes it great!"

-Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own

"I run because it's so symbolic of life. You have to drive yourself to overcome the obstacles. You might feel that you can't. But then you find your inner strength, and realize you're capable of so much more than you thought."

-Arthur Blank

"We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort."

-Jesse Owens

"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."

-Steve Prefontaine

"I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it."

-Steve Prefontaine

“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.

-Steve Prefontaine

“Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.”

-Steve Prefontaine

“To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.”

-Steve Prefontaine

“Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took off.”

-Steve Prefontaine

"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."

-Steve Prefontaine

"How does a kid from Coos Bay, with one leg longer than the other win races? All my life people have been telling me, 'You're too small Pre', 'You're not fast enough Pre', 'Give up your foolish dream Steve'. But they forgot something, I HAVE TO WIN."

-Steve Prefontaine

"I succeed on my own personal motivation, dedication, and commitment. My mindset is: If I'm not out there training, someone else is."

-Lynn Jennings

"Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible."

-Doug Larson

"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

“People ask why I run. I say, "If you have to ask, you will never understand". It is something only those select few know. Those who put themselves through pain, but know, deep down, how good it really feels.”

-Erin Leonard

“Yesterday you said tomorrow.”

-Nike

“Don’t dream of winning. Train for it.”

-Mo Farah

“Citius, Altius, Fortius”

-Olympics

“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 that it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or a gazelle - when the sun comes up you'd better be running.”

-Anonymous

“When you want to quit, remember why you started.”

-Anonymous

“Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place, and I don’t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!”

-Rocky

“Success isn’t given. It’s earned. On the track, in the field, in the gym. With blood, sweat, and the occasional tear.”

-Nike

sorry about the training quotes- i just have a list full of quotes that relate to running- both training and racing

Damn good, thank you

I looked at Kim Smith in 3rd, and thought "Why not me?"

--Kara Goucher

"Winning makes me jizz in my pants."

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"Endeavor to persevere."

- Chief Dan George

Do your long run,diarrhea is normal!

I feel awful. I put myself out there again. I'm not ready. I knew I wasn't and now I'm injured. I don't trust anyone with my training. I want to be left alone by everyone.

The Will must be greater than the Skill.

"at some point you body is gonna reach the point of exhaustion and want to quit. The question is WILL YOU?

Kevin Costner in the movie "The Guardian"

waddup wrote:

“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 that it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or a gazelle - when the sun comes up you'd better be running.”

-Anonymous

I hate this dumbas

s quote. I know lions aren't nocturnal - they are diurnal - but the fact remains that the least likely time for a lion to be hunting (or waking up) is the morning. They hunt at night, early evening, and sometimes day - and when they choose the day, it is almost always afternoon.

So, if you're a gazelle, when the sun is rising, you are literally at the most unlikely for a lion to make you it's meal.

I thought about being a motivational speaker, but there was no way.

There are plenty here

@realironmike

Thank you, Waddup, for a great post.

Here's one from me:

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow.

Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark.

Hope is not a dream but a way of making dreams become reality.

Hope is the force that gives us the power to step out and try.

Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

Hope never abandons you; you abandon it.

Hope is the dream of an awakened soul.

When the world says, "Give up,"

Hope whispers, "Try it one more time."

-- Author Unknown

"You can't hang yourself if you ain't got enough rope"-Chris Knight

What motivational quotes get you fired up for racing?

The one I tell myself..."Quit your whining, just GET your arse out the door!"

There are plenty of quotes here: http://fullstriderunning.com/runningquotes/

At any moment my thyroid meds will kick in!