"I always loved running...it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs." - Jesse Owens
"It hurts up to a point and then it doesn't get any worse." - Ann Trason
"Most people run a race to see who is fastest. I run a race to see who has the most guts." - Steve Prefontaine
"Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible." - Doug Larson
"No negative thoughts cross my mind on race day. When I look into their eyes, I know I'm going to beat them." - Danny Harris
"There are clubs you can't belong to, neighborhoods you can't live in, schools you can't get into, but the roads are always open." - Nike
"What matters is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog." - Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired." - Jules Renard
"I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners." - Sebastian Coe
"We can't all be heroes because someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by." - Will Rogers
"The will to win means nothing if you haven't the will to prepare." - Juma Ikangaa, 1989 NYC Marathon winner
"Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must move faster than the lion or it will not survive. Every morning a lion wakes up and it knows it must move faster than the slowest gazelle or it will starve. It doesn't matter if you are the lion or the gazelle, when the sun comes up, you better be moving." - Maurice Greene (attributed to Roger Bannister shortly after running the first sub-4 mile)
