Motivational Running Quotes

"I feel good about my game. But it kind of stinks coming up short. I guess I'll get some perspective in a few weeks."- Ryan Miller, USA Hockey Goalie, who was named MVP of the Gold Medal Game vs. Canada

"Making the Olympics is like crossing the Sahara desert, getting to the end and getting a very cold drink and lovely cold shower." - Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, "The Snow Leopard" of Ghana, the country's first winter Olympian, who learned to ski indoors after taking on a job as a receptionist at a ski center.

"If it hurts, make it hurt more." -Percy Cerutty

"I'm never going to run this again." - Grete Waitz after winning her first of nine New York City marathons

"I tell our runners to divide the race into thirds. Run the first part with your head, the middle part with your personality, and the last part with your heart." – Mike Fanelli, Coach

"Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare." - Japanese Proverb

"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." - John "The Penguin" Bingham

"Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit" - George Sheehan

"Act like a horse. Be dumb. Just run." - Jumbo Elliott

"A run begins the moment you forget you are running."- Adidas 

"Ask yourself: 'Can I give more?'. The answer is usually: 'Yes'." - Paul Tergat, Kenyan professional marathoner