Saturday, April 17, 2010

Some Motivational Running Quotes

I imagine that I will need these when I start running for more than 3 minutes at a time. I like them all for different reasons, and they will probably all appeal to me at different times. I am hoping that at the end of 13.1 miles, I'll have something wise to myself.

The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare."
-Juma Ikangaa, 1989 NYC Marathon winner

"Whether you believe you can or believe you can't, you're probably right."
-Henry Ford

"No one ever drowned in sweat."
-Author Unknown

"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."

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
- Confucius

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

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