"That which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves" - Enzo from The Art of Racing in the Rain
"'If you're not nervous before a race, your heart isn't beating." - Sonny Hyman
"Every race is about conservation of energy. You need enough to run well and make it to the finish, and while no one really wants to collapse after crossing the line, there really shouldn't be a lot left in the tank at that point" - Lou Nunez
"I don't go to the start line expecting to win. I go to the start believing this could be the day when incredible things happen" - Ryan Hall
"As every runner knows, running is about more than just putting one foot in front of the other; it is about our lifestyle and who we are." - Joan Benoit Samuelson, Olympic marathon gold-medal winner
"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
“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the Gift.” - 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. Nobody is going to win a 5,000 meter race after running an easy 2 miles. Not with me. If I lose forcing the pace all the way, well, at least I can live with myself.” - Steve Prefontaine
“Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.” - Steve Prefontaine
"Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have nature and that is much better." - Julia Väätäinen, Finland
"Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go. It helps us to find out what we are made of. This is what we do. This is what it's all about. " - PattiSue Plumer, U.S. Olympian
"The only way you can hurt the body is not use it. Inactivity is the killer and, remember, it's never too late". - Jack LaLanne
"What greater glory attends a man than what he wins with his racing feet and his striving hands?" - Homer, The Odyssey
"Bid me run, and I will strive with things impossible." - Shakespeare, in Julius Caesar
"Don't Give Up, Don't Ever Give Up!" - Jimmy Valvano
“He who does not hope to win has already lost.” - Jose Olmedo
“The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without loosing heart.” - Robert Ingersoll
"Always dare to be the very best." - Buddy Edelen
"You can have anything you want, if you want it badly enough." - Abraham Lincoln
"Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others." - Winston Churchill
"'If you're not nervous before a race, your heart isn't beating." - Sonny Hyman
"Every race is about conservation of energy. You need enough to run well and make it to the finish, and while no one really wants to collapse after crossing the line, there really shouldn't be a lot left in the tank at that point" - Lou Nunez
"I don't go to the start line expecting to win. I go to the start believing this could be the day when incredible things happen" - Ryan Hall
"As every runner knows, running is about more than just putting one foot in front of the other; it is about our lifestyle and who we are." - Joan Benoit Samuelson, Olympic marathon gold-medal winner
"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
“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the Gift.” - 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. Nobody is going to win a 5,000 meter race after running an easy 2 miles. Not with me. If I lose forcing the pace all the way, well, at least I can live with myself.” - Steve Prefontaine
“Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.” - Steve Prefontaine
"Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have nature and that is much better." - Julia Väätäinen, Finland
"Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go. It helps us to find out what we are made of. This is what we do. This is what it's all about. " - PattiSue Plumer, U.S. Olympian
"The only way you can hurt the body is not use it. Inactivity is the killer and, remember, it's never too late". - Jack LaLanne
"What greater glory attends a man than what he wins with his racing feet and his striving hands?" - Homer, The Odyssey
"Bid me run, and I will strive with things impossible." - Shakespeare, in Julius Caesar
"Don't Give Up, Don't Ever Give Up!" - Jimmy Valvano
“He who does not hope to win has already lost.” - Jose Olmedo
“The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without loosing heart.” - Robert Ingersoll
"Always dare to be the very best." - Buddy Edelen
"You can have anything you want, if you want it badly enough." - Abraham Lincoln
"Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others." - Winston Churchill
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