Amby Burfoot Quotes

I always tell beginning runners: Train your brain first. It's much more important than your heart or legs.

Life is a marathon, not a sprint; pace yourself accordingly.

I have learned that there is no failure in running, or in life, as long as you keep moving.

Running has taught me, perhaps more than anything else, that there's no reason to fear starting lines... or other new beginnings.

The most powerful lesson you can learn in running? You're capable of much more than you think.

If you train your mind for running, everything else will be easy.

Winning has nothing to do with racing. Most days don't have races anyway. Winning is about struggle and effort and optimism, and never, ever, ever giving up.

It's not about speed and gold medals. It's about refusing to be stopped.

To get to the finish line, you'll have to try lots of different paths.

As we run, we become.

That's the beauty of starting lines: Until you begin a new venture, you never know what awaits you.

The true but rare runner's high is a zone that we enter when everything seems to click perfectly, when time stands still, and when we can run almost without effort.

Success does not come to the most righteous and rigorously disciplined but to those who continue running.

Set a goal and a program for yourself, and everything else will follow. Guaranteed.

I've never known a runner who had as much patience as he needed.

Here’s my mantra: ‘Every mile is a gift.’

It's what runners do. We keep on keeping on

Courage is crossing a starting line.

It's not about how fast you go. It's not about how far you go. It's a process.

Motivation is a skill. It can be learned and practiced.

In the longest run of all, your life, you're going to be a winner.

Don't judge your running by your speed.

I've always liked hills. I see a challenge, a goal, and I feel instantly galvanized to achieve that goal.

Running removes us briefly from the fragmentation and depersonalization of the digital world

Best wishes for a great marathon. Be sure to savor it. The first marathon is something special. Run long and healthy.

Once upon a time, about 20 years ago, runners believed they didn't have to do anything but run

Everyone stumbles at one time or another. It's the human condition

You don't need any skill to run.......Every 3-year old knows how to run

And, finally, I run because there's no better way to see the sun rise and set.