Running is just such a monastery- a retreat, a place to commune with God and yourself, a place for psychological and spiritual renewal.

- George A. Sheehan

Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.

- George A. Sheehan

Listen to your body. Do not be a blind and deaf tenant.

- George A. Sheehan

The answer to the big questions in running is the same as the answer to the big questions in life: Do the best with what you've got.

- George A. Sheehan

Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing.

- George A. Sheehan

Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not.

- George A. Sheehan

There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child, an artist…

- George A. Sheehan

The more I run, the more I want to run, and the more I live a life conditioned and influenced and fashioned by my running. And the more I run, the mo…

- George A. Sheehan

The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit

- George A. Sheehan