Running

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

The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again. – Erma Bombeck

Most people run a race to see who is fastest. I run a race to see who has the most guts. – Steve Prefontaine

To a runner, a side stich is like a car alarm. It signifies something is wrong, but you ignore it until it goes away. – Author Unknown

Only think of two things — the gun and the tape. When you hear the one, just run like hell until you break the other. – Sam Mussabini

The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass. – Martin Mull

Finland has produced so many brilliant distance runners because back home it costs $2.50 a gallon for gas. – Esa Tikkannen, 1979

Blink and you miss a sprint. The 10,000 meters is lap after lap of waiting. Theatrically, the mile is just the right length – beginning, middle, end: a story unfolding. – Sebastian Coe

There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child, an artist and a saint. So, too, are you. Find your own play, your own self-renewing compulsion, and you will become the person you are meant to be. – George Sheehan

If God invented marathons to keep people from doing anything more stupid, the triathlon must have taken Him completely by surprise. – P.Z. Pearce

If you want to live, you must walk. If you want to live long, you must run. – Jinabhai Navik

Everyone who has run knows that its most important value is in removing tension and allowing a release from whatever other cares the day may bring. – Jimmy Carter

My feet have several thousand meetings scheduled with the dirt on a trail not far from here. Who am I to keep them waiting? Time to run. – Jeb Dickerson, jebdickerson.com

The difference between a jogger and a runner is an entry blank. – George Sheehan

There is an itch in runners. – Arnold Hano

Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running away is best. – Chinese Proverb

Its rude to count people as you pass them. Out loud. – Anonymous

To be good is not enough when you dream of being great. – Anonymous

Pain is weakness leaving the body. – Anonymous

Pains lasts for a moment, but pride lasts forever. – Anonymous