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"my sport is your team's punishment."
I love this one.
posted about 4 years ago
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"Whatever you are, be a good one!" Abraham Lincoln
This is truly my favorite quote. It's simple. True. Perfect!"Don't do nothing just because you can't do everything. Do something -- anything!"
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, Compassionate Cooks
This seems to have special meaning for those who are just starting out or coming back from injury. I just love it!"Hard work pays off!" An NFL fullback (I can't remember his name) on an episode of Wife Swap.
I have this quote on the wall of my training room (I train clients out of my home). And it's really true -- HARD WORK PAYS OFF!posted over 3 years ago
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in reply to what Leslie G. said:"Whatever you are, be a good one!" Abraham Lincoln This is truly my favorite quote. It's simple. True. Perfect! "Don't do nothing just because you can't do everything. Do something -- anything!" Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, C... read more
During my ultra races there is a saying that I repeat to myself - "run tree to tree." It's hard to rap your head around running 100 miles, but that tree in the distance is always attainable. If you can keep doing that, you'll get there.
posted over 3 years ago
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in reply to what Kelly K. said:During my ultra races there is a saying that I repeat to myself - "run tree to tree." It's hard to rap your head around running 100 miles, but that tree in the distance is always attainable. If you can keep doing that, you'll get there.
(Stolen from Adidas...) "Impossible is nothing."
Pretty much any Pre quote. On the humorous side of things, I like this Lance Armstrong quote from the "Dodgeball": "You know, once I was thinking of quitting when I was diagnosed with brain, lung and testicular cancer all at the same time. But with the love and support of my friends and family, I got back on the bike and won the Tour de France five times in a row. But I'm sure you have a good reason to quit."
-Lance Armstrongposted over 3 years ago
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No matter how slow you run, it's faster than someone sitting on a couch.
posted over 3 years ago
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in reply to what Courtney B. said:No matter how slow you run, it's faster than someone sitting on a couch.
you posted this one for me :) haha - soooo true.
posted over 3 years ago
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in reply to what Kelly K. said:During my ultra races there is a saying that I repeat to myself - "run tree to tree." It's hard to rap your head around running 100 miles, but that tree in the distance is always attainable. If you can keep doing that, you'll get there.
Thats great, I sometimes wonder how I could keep myself motivated so long. But looking at it in small segments makes perfect sense!
Thanks!posted over 3 years ago
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there is a saying in baseball...in a 162 game season every team wins 50, loses 50...it is what they do with the other 62 that matters....
applying this to everyday life....we all have good days, we all have bad days, it is what we make of everything else that matters
posted over 3 years ago
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My runners and students know I love quotes. I write one on the chalkboard everyday to motivate them and get them to think a little. Here's a link to many of the quotes I've written on the board:
http://www.pleasval.k12.ia.us/highschool/teachers/hoffmanjoshua/running_quotes.htmOne of my favorites is actually from a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon:
"Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants won't help."posted over 3 years ago
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- A person should not believe in an ism - he should believe in himself.
posted over 3 years ago
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"Running in competitions taught me the humility to realize my limitations and to accept them with pride, without envy of those who might have physical or intellectual gifts that I lack." -Timothy Noakes
posted over 3 years ago
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in reply to what Josh H. said:My runners and students know I love quotes. I write one on the chalkboard everyday to motivate them and get them to think a little. Here's a link to many of the quotes I've written on the board: http://www.pleasval.k12.ia.us/highschool/teachers/... read more
Love the collection of quotes, Josh, and the Calvin and Hobbes one is delightful!
posted over 3 years ago
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"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right."
Henry Ford, I think?posted over 3 years ago
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My yoga teacher always says this:
"Go to your edge. It's just outside your comfortability, but inside your capability."posted over 3 years ago
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in reply to what Susan R. said:"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right." Henry Ford, I think?
It was Henry Ford and just for information, did you know Henry Ford was a racist and a friend and admirer of Adolf Hitler.
posted over 3 years ago
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in reply to what Courtney B. said:My yoga teacher always says this: "Go to your edge. It's just outside your comfortability, but inside your capability."
Love this!
posted over 3 years ago
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in reply to what Gehr 1. said:It was Henry Ford and just for information, did you know Henry Ford was a racist and a friend and admirer of Adolf Hitler.
It's a shame you feel the need to sully a good quote like that. Even less than honorable men and women make good points some times. In an instance like this, I see how that quote impacts me, and don't give a damn about the author.
posted over 3 years ago
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in reply to what Bill V. said:It's a shame you feel the need to sully a good quote like that. Even less than honorable men and women make good points some times. In an instance like this, I see how that quote impacts me, and don't give a damn about the author.
It's a poor man who heeds the words of a lesser man!
posted over 3 years ago
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in reply to what Josh H. said:My runners and students know I love quotes. I write one on the chalkboard everyday to motivate them and get them to think a little. Here's a link to many of the quotes I've written on the board: http://www.pleasval.k12.ia.us/highschool/teachers/... read more
Great collection of quotes. Any quotes from Seego?
posted over 3 years ago
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in reply to what Gehr 1. said:It's a poor man who heeds the words of a lesser man!
I've retracted my original response to your bull**** statement. Just trying to bring some perspective- there are many facets to any issue.
Think about that before you hatchet someone, next time.
posted over 3 years ago | edited over 3 years ago
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in reply to what Courtney B. said:My yoga teacher always says this: "Go to your edge. It's just outside your comfortability, but inside your capability."
oooh. very good. I need to borrow that for my classes. :)
posted over 3 years ago
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"Do. Or don't do. There is no 'try'" -- Master Yoda
(context: my 8-year-old son, upon hearing these words emanate from the DVR, turned to me and said: "Words to live by.")
:) Amy
posted over 3 years ago
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here are a few of my favorites (currently posted on my cubicle wall)
"The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare." -- Juma Ikangaa
"Running is like mouthwash; if you can feel the burn, it's working" -- Brian Tackett
"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." John Bingham
And my favorite one, that sadly don't know the author of:
"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 a lion or a gazelle -- when the sun comes up, you'd better be running!"posted over 3 years ago
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"It is simply that we can all be good boys and wear our letter sweaters around and get our little degrees and find some nice girl to settle, you know, down with...Or we can blaze! Become legends in our own time, strike fear in the heart of mediocre talent everywhere! We can scald dogs, put records out of reach! Make the stands gasp as we blow into an unearthly kick from three hundred yards out! We can become God's own messengers delivering the dreaded scrolls! We can race black Satan himself till he wheezes fiery cinders down the back straightaway....They'll speak our names in hushed tones, 'those guys are animals' they'll say! We can lay it on the line, bust a gut, show them a clean pair of heels. We can sprint the turn on a spring breeze and feel the winter leave our feet! We can, by God, let our demons loose and just wail on!"
-Quenton Cassidy in "Once A Runner"posted over 3 years ago
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Who did I hatchet and how was my statement bullsh!t?!!???
posted over 3 years ago
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posted about 3 years ago
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Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
"The Dalai Lama"
posted about 3 years ago
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"It was Henry Ford and just for information, did you know Henry Ford was a racist and a friend and admirer of Adolf Hitler."
I think you're overstating this a bit. I think it would be a fairer statement to say that Hitler was an admirer of Henry Ford, not the other way around. And I don't know of any historian that would claim they were "friends." I'm not sure they ever even met.
As for being a racist, I assume you're talking about the Dearborn Independent. It's still not really clear how much of a role Ford himself played in actually writing/editing/approving the paper, but I think it's pretty clear that he did not write the lion's share of it. He owned it, true, but lots of people said it was one of his aides that bought it and he basically never read it. After he shut it down, he wrote an apology that was well recieved by the Jewish community. Either way, Ford was an old man at this point. When he was younger, he went on peace missions with Rosika Schwimmer.
Whatever, the guy's politics were sketchy at certain points in his life. I think it's extremely stupid to highlight that given what a significant and inspirational person he was outside the world of politics.
posted about 3 years ago | edited about 3 years ago
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I like this one:
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, and die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -
-Robert Heinlein
posted about 3 years ago
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Here are a couple of my favorites:
"Bid me run, and I will strive with things impossible." ~ Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
"You learn you can do your best even when it's hard, even when you're tired and maybe hurting a little bit. It feels good to show some courage.” ~ Joe Namath
The greatest pleasure in life, is doing the things people say we cannot do.
~ Walter Bagehotposted about 3 years ago
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I have a whole list of them:
posted about 3 years ago
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“The only good race pace is suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.”
Steve Prefontaineposted about 3 years ago
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"Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle... when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.”
"Someone once asked me 'Why do you always take the hard road', to which I replied, 'Why do you assume I see two roads.' " -unknown-
"You can't exercise youself out of a bad diet and you can't diet yourself out of no exercise"
-Steve Merlinposted about 3 years ago
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Somewhere in the world someone is training when you are not. When you race him, he will win. - Tom Fleming’s Boston Marathon training sign on his wall.
posted about 3 years ago
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"It's never too late to be what you might have been".
posted about 3 years ago
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My always favourite quote is "It's the man, not the machine" by Chuck Yeager.
More "in topic" quote is "If you can't run, then walk" by Dean Karnazes
posted about 3 years ago
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in reply to what Courtney B. said:My yoga teacher always says this: "Go to your edge. It's just outside your comfortability, but inside your capability."
This is as good as I've ever heard!
posted about 3 years ago
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Pain is temporary, quitting is forever.
Lance Armstrong
posted about 3 years ago
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in reply to what Kathy S. said:I have a whole list of them: http://www.kathyruns.com/139/i-run-because/
Great list, Kathy!
posted about 3 years ago
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"don't $hi7 where you eat"
-Lance Armstrongposted about 3 years ago
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"Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt." - William Shakespeare
So go ahead...sprint to that next tree. What have you got to lose but your doubt?
posted about 3 years ago
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Spartans...Prepare for Glory!!!
posted about 3 years ago
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Lance Armstrong in Dodgeball is the best movie cameo ever. The quote immediately after the one you mentioned is "Well, I guess if a person never quit when the going got tough, they wouldn't have anything to regret for the rest of their life. Well, good luck to you Peter. I'm sure this decision won't haunt you forever." HA!
Hilarious, and oddly inspiring.
posted about 3 years ago
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in reply to what Josh H. said:My runners and students know I love quotes. I write one on the chalkboard everyday to motivate them and get them to think a little. Here's a link to many of the quotes I've written on the board: http://www.pleasval.k12.ia.us/highschool/teachers/... read more
I had a high school english teacher who did this... I will never forget him... made quite the impression on me! We would actually all bring in quotes, cut them out and wallpapered the entire room w/ them it was so cool!
posted about 3 years ago
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For motivation:
"If you focus on results you will never change. If you focus on change you will get results."
And from Nike's website awhile ago:
"Someone busier than you is running right now."
posted about 3 years ago
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There are just two types of people those who say I can't and those who say I CAN!!
(unknown)You can always quit and they won't care but you will always know!
(Creator of the Ironman)posted about 3 years ago
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I have two:
"But the struggles make you stronger and the changes make you wiser and happiness has its own way of taking its sweet time."~ Unknown
"Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes but when you look back everything is different."~ Unknown
Funny I should see this post today: On Tuesday I posted these for my students. I am a Science teacher- we looked at these from 3 perspectives: personal, historic and scientific. :)
posted about 3 years ago
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"Age ain't nothing but a number!"
-R. Kelly-
The context may be different, but if you are feeling old, it can help :)
posted about 3 years ago
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These are all great quotes, plenty of good stuff to post on the wall. Here is one I like
"There are no traffic jams on the extra mile."
— Zig Ziglarposted about 3 years ago
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My favorite quote of all time is from a virtual unknown guy:
"If you say something profound, people will quote you." -- Gordon TaylorAnother favorite is:
"To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing." -- Elbert HubbardOk, one more:
“The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotion, spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who have never tasted victory or defeat.” -- Theodore Rooseveltposted about 3 years ago
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"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence."
Vince Lombardi
posted about 3 years ago
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"The difference between a jogger and a runner is that the jogger still has control over his life." (Dean Karnazes - "50/50 - Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days")
posted about 3 years ago
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in reply to what John L. said:"don't $hi7 where you eat" -Lance Armstrong
A less-than-athletic person also said that, unless head bashing is a sport...
Tony Soprano
posted about 3 years ago
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"Running well is a matter of having the patience to persevere when we are tired and not expecting instant results." - Robert De Castella
this one has certainly helped me thus far in my journey to becoming a runner.
Also, I definitely recommend signing up for the Runner's World Daily Kick in the Butt emails. That's where I found this nifty little helper. :)
posted about 3 years ago
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"By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail." - Benjamin Franklin
posted about 3 years ago
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"Life is in the struggle and I never feel more alive than when I'm struggling." - Dean Karnazes
"If you quit no one will care, but you will always know."
I'm unsure who said the last one, but I tend to group these two quotes together because I feel they relate to each other.
posted about 3 years ago
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"Pain is weakness leaving the body."
^ That was my high school swim team motto my senior year (:"We bust ours, to kick yours."
^ We used this one year, too!posted about 3 years ago
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in reply to what Bryan G. said:“The only good race pace is suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.” Steve Prefontaine
I love that quote!
posted about 3 years ago
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"What you *can* do is often simply a matter of what you *will* do."
-Norman Justerposted about 3 years ago
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"You only ever grow as a human being if you're outside your comfort zone."
I saw this one on another running message board. I think of this at that point in the run where it starts to get really challenging (uncomfortable) and a part of me wants to quit. It has taken me far!
posted about 3 years ago
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Sure. Here's my motivational quote.
"3, 2, 1, GO." - Greg Glassman. Founder of Crossfit.
posted about 3 years ago
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i just found the news page on Coach Burgener's website.
Mike Burgener is a renowned Olympic weightlifting coach.
Look at some of these magnificent quotes:
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else. -- Laurence Johnson Peter
Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once. -- Norman Vincent Peale
posted about 3 years ago
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A quote to live by from a great new book by Roy Wallack called "Run for Life":
"Run soft, run strong, run balanced, run fast, run less and run repaired."
posted almost 3 years ago | edited almost 3 years ago
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"Man imposes his own limitations, don't set any" I love this quote because when I had set out to run my first marathon I never once thought I couldnt accomplish it as far as I am concern I have no limits
posted almost 3 years ago
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In my neighborhood, I run mailbox to mailbox! :)
posted almost 3 years ago
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in reply to what Julie T. said:In my neighborhood, I run mailbox to mailbox! :)
In my neighborhood, I run mailbox to mailbox! :)
This is one of my favorite quotes:
"Every day I run is another battle won!"posted almost 3 years ago
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"Every day you miss practice, it will take you one day longer to achieve greatness." - Ben Hogan
posted almost 3 years ago
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"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished...
That will be the beginning."
- Louis L'Amour
posted almost 3 years ago
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oo I like this... and how true!
posted almost 3 years ago
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in reply to what Mannie V. said:"Pain is weakness leaving the body." ^ That was my high school swim team motto my senior year (: "We bust ours, to kick yours." ^ We used this one year, too!
"Pain is weakness leaving the body." is also a Marine quote.
posted almost 3 years ago
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"A step before success is patience"
I came up with this when I realized that we are in an era of instant gratification. "Everything will blossom in it's time." Hey, another quote.
200 pounds is 200 pounds. -- Henry Rollins
Follow this quote when I was trying to look into things to deeply. It is pretty much saying, it is what it is <----- another favorite quote
Another Marine quote ... "that's just the nature of the beast"
posted almost 3 years ago
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My two favorite are:
Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up. Dean K
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. E. Roosevelt
posted almost 3 years ago
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"Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit." -George Sheehan
posted almost 3 years ago
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in reply to what Courtney B. said:No matter how slow you run, it's faster than someone sitting on a couch.
that sums up my speed
posted almost 3 years ago
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This is a quote I found in Oct 2007 Outside Magazine by Chris Carmichael.
"Thinking that carbs make you fat is wrong, your fat because you're not exercising. To simply blame a food type for being fat is bullshit."
posted almost 3 years ago
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I run to see who has the most guts. If I make it a pure guts race, in the end I'm the only one that can win.
Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
Both By: Steve Prefontaine.
2 quotes of my own: You don't have to finish first in a race to be a winner, set a PR and that makes you are winner no matter where you end up in the pack.
Your biggest foe on race day is the watch you are wearing, or the time clock at the end of the race right after you cross the finish line.
God Bless. +
posted almost 3 years ago
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All runners are winners - some just take a little longer!
posted almost 3 years ago
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in reply to what Karen B. said:here are a few of my favorites (currently posted on my cubicle wall) "The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare." -- Juma Ikangaa "Running is like mouthwash; if you can feel the burn, it's working" -- Bri... read more
"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." John Bingham
.. that's my fav too :)
posted almost 3 years ago
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"Don't judge your success compared to what others have done. Judge your success compared to what you were capable of doing"
Sometimes I tend to compare my run times to others my age and I tend to fall into this trap. Dangerours. It takes me out of my plan. Even more dangerous, I tend to compare myself to others even younger and with more experience and tell myself: "I can do that".
posted almost 3 years ago | edited almost 3 years ago
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From a running magazine: "One day you will not be able to do this. Today is not that day."
posted almost 3 years ago
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If you can't take the waves, learn to surf.
posted almost 3 years ago
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Every day someone, somewhere is training harder than I. If I should meet that person, he will will. Today I will train hard.
posted almost 3 years ago
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Meant this to be a reply to Liz K.'s post but didn't hit the correct reply button, so here's the edit to my response:
Liz K.
For motivation:"If you focus on results you will never change. If you focus on change you will get results."
And from Nike's website awhile ago:
"Someone busier than you is running right now."
My response:
I love the Nike ad- I was looking to see if someone else had posted this already. It's one of my favorite running quotes, and I use it all the time when I talk to people who say they are too busy to run (or schedule some exercise time in general).posted almost 3 years ago | edited almost 3 years ago
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Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. --Lance Armstrong.
posted almost 3 years ago
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"Contentment leads to man boobs and beer guts..."
I read it somewhere I think in MF. It's All the motivation I need.
posted almost 3 years ago
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in reply to what Leslie G. said:"Whatever you are, be a good one!" Abraham Lincoln This is truly my favorite quote. It's simple. True. Perfect! "Don't do nothing just because you can't do everything. Do something -- anything!" Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, C... read more
My wife has a blog called that!
posted almost 3 years ago
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I love it! :)
posted almost 3 years ago
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"Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible."
"Only those who risk going to far can possibly find out how far one can go."
"Run hard, be strong, think big,"posted almost 3 years ago
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in reply to what David C. said:From a running magazine: "One day you will not be able to do this. Today is not that day."
That's a really awesome quote. I'll remember that when I'm running my marathon.
posted almost 3 years ago
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Regarding preperation:
"If I had 8 hours to cut down a tree, I would spend 6 hours sharpening my axe." - Abraham Lincoln
posted almost 3 years ago
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Seen on a Nike running shirt: "You rest. I train."
posted almost 3 years ago
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Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.
James Madisonposted almost 3 years ago
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in reply to what Karen B. said:here are a few of my favorites (currently posted on my cubicle wall) "The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare." -- Juma Ikangaa "Running is like mouthwash; if you can feel the burn, it's working" -- Bri... read more
I have always loved the gazelle quote - i used to have it on a successories poster on my desk. Classic quote!
posted almost 3 years ago
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From Oscar Wilde via GI Jane
"I never saw a wild thing feel sorry for itself.
A small bird can fall frozen dead from a bough
Without ever having felt sorry for itself."posted almost 3 years ago
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"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start."
John Binghamposted almost 3 years ago
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"If you've never run a marathon, don't ask us why we do, let us ask you why you have not."
"Run a marathon, not for the purpose of bragging to others that you did, but to prove to yourself that you can."
-Steve Runner, Phedippidations Podcast #184
posted almost 3 years ago
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My personal quotes are not to motivate but to give the mind a quick break from the discomfort of pushing.
Ad I saw somewhere.
"If you have to ask why, you'll never understand."
Worf
Perhaps today IS a good day to die...
and I guess this is straight forward postive.
Poster I saw once.
The race of life is not always to the swift and fast, but to those who keep running.
posted almost 3 years ago
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I really think these lyrics are pretty profound.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who
supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of
fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the
ugly parts and recycling it for more than
it’s worth. But trust me on the sunscreen… --Baz Luhrmannposted almost 3 years ago
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"A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?" Robert Browning
posted almost 3 years ago
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"Pain is weakness leaving the body"
posted almost 3 years ago
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"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."
posted over 2 years ago
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I'm horrible at attributing quotes to the proper sources but here are my current faves:
"Do you want Reasons or Results?"
My Goal: Relentless Forward Progress!!
"Walls are put in front of us to show us how badly we want something."
posted over 2 years ago
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Stop thinking about it and just do it! ?
Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you! Satchel Paige
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"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift" - Steve Prefontaine
posted over 2 years ago
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in reply to what Amy Z. said:"Do. Or don't do. There is no 'try'" -- Master Yoda (context: my 8-year-old son, upon hearing these words emanate from the DVR, turned to me and said: "Words to live by.") :) Amy
I'm 36 and I use that quote all the time. Not sure what that says about me. : )
posted over 2 years ago
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One I use with my "new runner" friends is
"Dead F___ing last is better than Did Not Finish and much better than Did Not Start."
posted over 2 years ago
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It never gets easier, you just get faster - Greg Lemond
posted over 2 years ago
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Nothing gets me motivated like this one:
"Runners set ..." ;)
Here are a couple of others:
"Tell a distance runner that eating horse manure will improve his endurance and the next morning there will be a bunch of skinny guys with plates lined up outside the stable." -- Bruce Jenner
"In every race I enter, I run to win. It doesn't mean I have to finish first to feel like a winner." -- Meb Keflezighi
"Start slowly, then taper off." -- Walt Stack
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Here is one of my most favorite quotes:
"Never quit. It's the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit." Paul "Bear" BryantThis is what is ringing in my mind when I want to give up. Great topic. Thanks!
posted over 2 years ago
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Running need not be fast... just constant.
posted over 2 years ago | edited over 2 years ago
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"Nothing changes, if nothing changes...."
I repeat this to myself anytime I am tempted to skip a workout. I have it hanging in my office at work. A constant reminder to make changes.
posted over 2 years ago
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a very few of my favorites:
"To give less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."
-Pre"Somewhere in the world someone is training when you are not. When you race him, he will win."
-Tom Fleming"Get going! Get up and walk if you have to, but finish the damned race!"
- Ron Hill to Jerome Drayton during the 1970 Boston Marathon"Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness."
-Dostoyevsky
(abstractly motivational - probably not something I'd think about during a race ;-)FWIW, Mark Wil-Weber has edited a great book called "The Quotable Runner," which I highly recommend ( http://bit.ly/kbgcu ).
posted over 2 years ago
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I find myself quoting from Finding Nemo when I start getting tired.... "Keep on swimming, keep on swimming"
posted over 2 years ago
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"Run for your life!" I had this engraved on an ipod years ago, and my other favorite.. An actress named Helen Hayes.. lived a full and engaging life. Her quote, "If you rest, you rust."
posted over 2 years ago | edited over 2 years ago
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One of my favorite quotes is a movie line from INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE.
"Hey, kid! You lost today. That doesn't mean you have to like it!"
posted over 2 years ago
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Narrator: I ran. I ran until my muscles burned and my veins pumped battery acid. Then I ran some more.
From the movie Fight Club.
posted over 2 years ago
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Nike ad -
"I was not accepted at School
I was not accepted at College
I was not accepted at Home
SO, I HIT THE ROAD"posted over 2 years ago
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"It was like getting kicked in the balls — no matter how hard you train to get kicked in the balls, it hurts every single time it happens."
- From Rogue Warrior by Richard Marcinko, John Weisman
posted over 2 years ago
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in reply to what Carter R. said:"It's never too late to be what you might have been".
I just now read this thread, and totally LOVE the quote that you posted - Thanks for sharing....It is truly never too late!
posted over 2 years ago
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wow. i totally needed to read these today. :)
the one i always use is "run like you mean it"
posted over 2 years ago
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in reply to what Barb G. said:wow. i totally needed to read these today. :) the one i always use is "run like you mean it"
I love the quote. ''you you eat an elephant??? One mouth full at a time.'' thats how i tackle hills. One bite at a time. It gets me to the top :)
posted over 2 years ago
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"Obesity finds it hardest to catch up with those who are running."
"All we actually have is our body and its muscles that allow us to be under our own power."
Allegra Kentposted over 2 years ago
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"No one ever drowned in sweat"
posted over 2 years ago
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Pain is temporary. Pride is forever.
posted over 2 years ago
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I love this quote i got this from the runners world quote of the day:
"Nonrunners cannot see how they can afford the time to run every day. But runners cannot imagine getting through a single day without it".
posted over 2 years ago
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If it hurts, let it hurt for a reason :)
posted over 2 years ago
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while running the last few miles of my first race, I saw a man wearing a shirt with a writing on his back, "this sounds like a good idea three months ago", I cracked and it motivated me to run and have fun!
posted over 2 years ago
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in reply to what Courtney B. said:No matter how slow you run, it's faster than someone sitting on a couch.
hehe.... me for sure!!
posted over 2 years ago
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My favorite running quote is "A run may end, but running never will"
posted about 2 years ago
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Swim like your drowning, ride like you stole it and run like they are chasing you!
posted about 2 years ago
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"believe in the run"
I put my training schedule on my calander and come hell or high water that is the mileage i do on that day...no matter how slow...no matter what. this mental game got me from one mile to 26.2 in just six months!
posted about 2 years ago
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I have a saying that I put on my Road ID.
"Faith is my engine... Hope is my fuel..."
If I ever need any motivation to keep going, I give my faith some extra hope. Faithfully train and I will hopefully reach my goal!
posted about 2 years ago
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Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them—a desire, a dream, a vision.
Muhammad Alieven better:
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Winston Churchillposted about 2 years ago
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
posted about 2 years ago
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If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it.Kipling
posted about 2 years ago
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in reply to what Josh H. said:My runners and students know I love quotes. I write one on the chalkboard everyday to motivate them and get them to think a little. Here's a link to many of the quotes I've written on the board: http://www.pleasval.k12.ia.us/highschool/teachers/... read more
Awesome quotes, your students are lucky to have such an inspirational teacher.
posted about 2 years ago
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"The world is my gym".I like this one because I do not make that much money and I refuse to pay a company when I am the one doing all the work. That's what I love about running, other than buying high quality shoes, it is free to run and you can go where ever you want and whenever you want. " It's not how much you run in a day, it is how much you run daily." This helps me on the days that I can not run very much. I always think, at least I am out trying.
posted about 2 years ago
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"To some extent, we are all labeled by what we're able to achieve. But more importantly, we are defined by what we attempt." --Scott Tinley
"I have met my hero, and he is me."
George Sheehan"We can't all be heroes because someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by."
Will RogersAnother quote from Dean Karnaze, "Run if you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must, but never give up."
"You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming."
Frank Shorterposted almost 2 years ago | edited almost 2 years ago
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Thanks for sharing Maggie. My favorite is "The greatest pleasures in life, is doing things people say we cannot do." - Walter Bagehot
posted almost 2 years ago
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words to live by :-D
posted almost 2 years ago
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in reply to what Bryan G. said:“The only good race pace is suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.” Steve Prefontaine
I Love this one!
posted almost 2 years ago
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"I don't run to add days to my life. I run to add life to my days."
~Ronald Rookposted almost 2 years ago
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I do today what you wont so I can do tomorrow what you can't. I love this quote and have no idea where I heard it but it helps me get out and get a run in when I would rather stay curled up in bed.
posted almost 2 years ago
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Few of us know what we are capable of doing… we have never pushed ourselves hard enough to find out.
Alfred A. Montapertposted almost 2 years ago
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"If you start to feel good during an ultra, don't worry, you will get over it."
- Gene Thibeaultposted almost 2 years ago
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I collect these on my http://runinamerica.com blog:
Neal Armstrong:
"I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the nature of his deep inner soul... we're required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.""It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small."
Dr. George 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 and a saint. So, too, are you. Find your own play, your own self-renewing compulsion, and you will become the person you are meant to be.”“Life is the great experiment. Each of us is an experiment of one.”
“Success rests in having the courage and endurance and, above all, the will to become the person you are, however peculiar that may be. Then you will be able to say, 'I have found my hero and he is me.”
“Fitness has to be fun. If it is not play, there will be no fitness. Play, you see, is the process. Fitness is merely the product.”
"Sweat cleanses from the inside. It comes from places a shower will never reach."
“There is no substitute for learning to live in our bodies. All the tests and all the machines in the world will fail if we do not first become good animals.”
“No matter how old I get, the race remains one of life's most rewarding experiences. My times become slower and slower, but the experience of the race is unchanged: each race a drama, each race a challenge, each race stretching me in one way or another, and each race telling me more about myself and others.”
“Once you have decided that winning isn't everything, you become a winner.”
"Listen to your body. Do not be a blind and deaf tenant."
“Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not.”
Emil Zatopek, Olympic gold medalist in 5 km, 10 km, and marathon:
Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater.Confucius:
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.""A Journey of one-thousand miles begins with a single step."
Anonymous:
"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.""You have a choice. You can throw in the towel, or you can use it to wipe the sweat off of your face."
Miscellaneous:
"I do my best thinking when I'm running. I don't know why that is - everything seems to flow so easily. It's almost a spiritual thing for me."
- Apolo Ohno, Olympic Speed Skater"Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage"
- George Patton"Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character."
- T. Alan Armstrong"Ability is what you are capable of doing.
Motivation determines what you do.
Attitude determines how well you do it."
- Lou Holtz"It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness."
- Seneca"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars."
- Les Brown"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
- Martin Luther King, Jr."Anything is possible, but you have to believe and you have to fight."
- Lance Armstrong"We all have dreams. In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort."
- Jesse Owensposted almost 2 years ago
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My favorite that is keeping me motivated...."Why not now?"
posted almost 2 years ago
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in reply to what Johann S. said:Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. --Lance Armstrong.
After learning what Lance has gone through I think this is my favourite all time quote. he has been through pain, and he has fought back to be an amazing winner.
posted almost 2 years ago
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"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough".
-Mario Andretti
posted over 1 year ago | edited over 1 year ago
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I loved reading all these quotes! Most of my favorites have already been posted, but here's one I like:
"No time-outs. No substitutions. Real athletes run. Everyone else is just playing games." (saw it on a t-shirt)
posted over 1 year ago
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Hi Josh - love the quotations. The 3rd down on the right-hand side (about the gazelle) is from Roger Bannister, the first 4min miler: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bannister
posted over 1 year ago
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Your feet are hurting because you are kicking so much ass!
posted over 1 year ago
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"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional." - Haruki Murakami
posted over 1 year ago
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" To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice your gift." "The person who said winning isn't everything, never one anything"
posted over 1 year ago
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great one.
posted over 1 year ago
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in reply to what Josh H. said:My runners and students know I love quotes. I write one on the chalkboard everyday to motivate them and get them to think a little. Here's a link to many of the quotes I've written on the board: http://www.pleasval.k12.ia.us/highschool/teachers/... read more
Josh - I actually caught this link off another board some time ago, and I've never gotten around to thanking you.... It was a wealth of inspiration!! I use excerpts to head the pages in my running log!!
posted over 1 year ago
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in reply to what Josh H. said:My runners and students know I love quotes. I write one on the chalkboard everyday to motivate them and get them to think a little. Here's a link to many of the quotes I've written on the board: http://www.pleasval.k12.ia.us/highschool/teachers/... read more
bookmarked!
posted over 1 year ago
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What we do in life, echoes in eternity." ~ Maximus, "Gladiator
posted over 1 year ago
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in reply to what Sheldon C. said:"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough". -Mario Andretti
I think that's my husband's mantra for life! Haha!
posted over 1 year ago
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in reply to what Zephyr S. said:I find myself quoting from Finding Nemo when I start getting tired.... "Keep on swimming, keep on swimming"
I am the same way!
posted over 1 year ago
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in reply to what Emily R. said:(Stolen from Adidas...) "Impossible is nothing." Pretty much any Pre quote. On the humorous side of things, I like this Lance Armstrong quote from the "Dodgeball": "You know, once I was thinking of quitting when I was d... read more
I have that Adidas quote on my iPod :)
posted over 1 year ago
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in reply to what Courtney B. said:No matter how slow you run, it's faster than someone sitting on a couch.
Love your favorite quote, I'm going to use this one!!
posted over 1 year ago
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in reply to what Bryan G. said:“The only good race pace is suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.” Steve Prefontaine
LOL oh, I could so steal this one and make it mine!!! I love it!
posted over 1 year ago
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"Don't let the pain of your past be the fear of your future."
posted about 1 year ago
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Think Like a Bee and train like a race horse
Found in the Triathlete Bible by Joe Friel
posted about 1 year ago
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"The will to win means nothing with out the will to prepare." Juma Ikangaa
posted about 1 year ago | edited about 1 year ago
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Amazing. Thank you.
posted 12 months ago
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