Quotes on Motivational Running

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

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

Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.

The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.

Methinks that the moment my legs began to move, my thoughts began to flow.

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

If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your first day or if you've been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run.

Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative.

It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.

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.

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.

You don't stop running because you get old, you get old because you stop running.

The reason we race isn't so much to beat each other... but to be with each other.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

If you become restless, speed up. If you become winded, slow down. You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlessness and exhaustion.

Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.

The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.

That's the thing about running: your greatest runs are rarely measured by racing success. They are moments in time when running allows you to see how wonderful your life it.

Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.

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.

Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: that's the essence of running, and a metaphor for life