Motivational Running Quotes

Motivational Running Quote of the day

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.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

If someone says, 'Hey, I ran 100 miles this week. How far did you run?' ignore him! What the hell difference does it make?.... The magic is in the man, not the 100 miles.

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

Progress is rarely a straight line. There are always bumps in the road, but you can make the choice to keep looking ahead.

Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration.

Acknowledge all of your small victories. They will eventually add up to something great.

The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.

Get going. Get up and walk if you have to, but finish the damned race.

If you want to become the best runner you can be, start now. Don't spend the rest of your life wondering if you can do it.

I advise you to say your dream is possible and then overcome all inconveniences, ignore all the hassles and take a running leap through the hoop, even if it is in flames.

Fear is gradually replaced by excitement and a simple desire to see what you can do on the day.

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.

Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.

We only have two things that we share in this life; we are born and we die. And what we do in between those times, we've got to be happy. I don't let the outside world deter me.

I always felt free when I ran. I suppose that's what was good about it.

Life (and running) is not all about time but about our experiences along the way.

No negative thoughts cross my mind on race day. When I look into their eyes, I know I'm going to beat them.

Big occasions and races which have been eagerly anticipated almost to the point of dread, are where great deeds can be accomplished.

Any idiot can train himself into the ground; the trick is working in training to get gradually stronger.

Do the work. Do the analysis. But feel your run. Feel your race. Feel the joy that is running.

Only think of two things - the report of the pistol and the tape. When you hear one, run like hell until you break the other.

To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who's never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who was born blind.

There is an expression among even the most advanced runners that getting your shoes on is the hardest part of any workout

In the long run we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving.

Run hard, be strong, think big!

Stay mad, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being different, but learn to do so without attracting attention.

Runners don't run with their legs, they run ON their legs. In reality, they run with their Arms!

In a country where only men are encouraged, one must be one's own inspiration.

Something will master and something will serve. Either you run the day or the day runs you; either you run the business or the business runs you.

The challenge and the energy running requires may be a selfish one, but it actually motivates me to be stronger in my relationships.

Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

There is nothing more certain than the defeat of the man who gives up.

A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.

Dream barriers look very high until someone climbs them. They are not barriers anymore.

Well, there are three things that the average man thinks he can do better than anybody else. Build a fire, run a hotel and manage a baseball team.

Workouts are like brushing my teeth; I don't think about them, I just do them. The decision has already been made.

So if you stay ready, you ain't gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life.

I am a runner because I run. Not because I run fast. Not because I run far. I am a runner because I say I am. And no one can tell me I'm not.

Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you.

Some people procrastinate so much that all they can do is run around like firefighters all day - putting out fires that should not have gotten started in the first place.

All top international athletes wake up in the morning feeling tired and go to bed feeling very tired.

Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.

You get some success. You run into some walls...it's how tenacious you are, how irrepressible, how ultimately optimistic and tenacious you are about it that will determine your success.

Speed is often confused with insight. When I start running earlier than the others, I appear faster.

You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?

It's true that I run a multi-national group but I have no interests in India. So please tell me, what should my identity be?

Education is more valuable than money, in the long run.

The gun goes off and everthing changes... the world changes... and nothing else really matters.

If you run around with 9 losers pretty soon you'll be the 10th loser.