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Few things in life match the thrill of a marathon.
Sep 16, 2025
Anyone can run 20 miles. It's the next six that count.
I have found my hero and he is me.
If the hill has its own name, then it's probably a pretty tough hill.
To succeed you have to believe in something with such a passion that it becomes a reality.
Keep your dream in front of you. Never let it go regardless of how farfetched it might seem.
Winning isn't everything. Wanting to is.
Get out there and do what you love!
Set small goals along the way and don't be overwhelmed by the process.
There is magic in misery. Just ask any runner.
Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself
The new Kenyans. There are always new Kenyans.
Learn to run when feeling the pain, then push harder.
It's a treat being a runner, out in the world by yourself with not a soul to make you bad-tempered or tell you what to do.
We may train or peak for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport.
I lean with the hill. I know I'm doing it right if it feels like I'm going to fall on my face but I don't.
It may not always feel wonderful. but you're out there doing it. You're running while others are just walking. Or sitting around. I mean, come on - you're out there running, for goodness sake. You're to be taken seriously.
Sometimes we become so focused on the finish line, that we fail to find joy in the journey.
The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.
Avoid any diet that discourages the use of hot fudge.
They're very tenacious. They're dedicated. Once a woman decides she's going to do something, she'll probably stick to it. The only problem with women is if there's anything wrong with them, they won't tell you. They'll get out there and run on one leg. They don't moan and groan like a lot of men do.
You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine
As I get, I give. Giving as you get is critical. It has everything to do with being happy for yourself, and making others happy is the cause of making yourself happy, and it’s the cycle of giving and getting.
I have learned that there is no failure in running, or in life, as long as you keep moving. It's not about speed. And gold medals. It's about refusing to be stopped. you might find that one particular direction proves difficult, but there are many directions on a compass. Infinite, in fact. As long as you keep searching, you'll find your winning way.
Intelligent coaching is sometimes no coaching.
If you become restless, speed up. If you become winded, slow down. You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlessness and exhaustion.
The mile has a classic symmetry....It's a play in four acts.
No one knows the fear in a front runner's mind more than me. When you set off at a cracking pace for four or five laps and find that your main rivals are still breathing down your neck, that's when you start to panic.
I cannot have survival as my only goal. That would be too boring. My goal is to come back in my best running form. It is good for me to have that goal; it will help me.
The thing that makes [Bob] Kennedy so good is that he doesn't have a fear of losing. He was willing to go to Europe and get hammered.
I limbered up just a little before entering the stadium, and even so I felt a twinge in my thigh, no doubt the fruit of my imagination. And I went back to the massage room so that my faithful Morizot could take the trouble off my muscles. This soothed me considerably and I thought I was back to a normal state until somebody summoned me to the starting line. It was like feeling a blade go through my flesh.
A lot of people don't realize that about 98 percent of the running I put in is anything but glamorous: 2 percent joyful participation, 98 percent dedication! It's a tough formula. Getting out in the forest in the biting cold and the flattening heat, and putting in kilometer after kilometer.
Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.
Every time I fail I assume I will be a stronger person for it.
A star can win any game; a team can win every game.
Ask yourself: 'Can I give more?'. The answer is usually: 'Yes'.
Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete.
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.
Your body will argue that there is no justifiable reason to continue. Your only recourse is to call on your spirit, which fortunately functions independently of logic.
But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.
The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's where it's at.
Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.
A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.
Life is thickly sown with thorns. I know no other remedy than to pass rapidly over them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes the greater is their power to harm us.
Just put one foot in front of the other.
In running it is man against himself, the cruelest of opponents. The other runners are not the real enemies. His adversary lies within him, in his ability with brain and heart to master himself and his emotions.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Big occasions and races which have been eagerly anticipated almost to the point of dread, are where great deeds can be accomplished.
If you ask me how I want to be remembered, it is as a winner. You know what a winner is? A winner is somebody who has given his best effort, who has tried the hardest they possibly can, who has utilized every ounce of energy and strength within them to accomplish something.