Much of my good fortune was a matter of nothing more clever on my part than luck.

- Jim Fixx

Pain is nature's way of telling you to slow down. Death is nature's way of telling you to stop.

- Jim Fixx

The qualities and capacities that are important in running-such factors as will power, the ability to apply effort during extreme fatigue and the acc…

- Jim Fixx

When you realise that you possess within your self everything you need to promote your own success, the feeling is one of empowerment.

- Jim Fixx

[Eventually the] hoopla will die down [and people will] run the same way we brush our teeth-every day, without a fuss.

- Jim Fixx

It is not something I must do but something I want to do.

- Jim Fixx

Set aside a time solely for running. Running is more fun if you don't have to rush through it.

- Jim Fixx

Is beer good for runners? Sure...if it's the other guy drinking it.

- Jim Fixx

Play not only keeps us young but also maintains our perspective about the relative seriousness of things. Running is play, for even if we try hard to…

- Jim Fixx