Share your favourite running quote!

niknak2308
niknak2308 Posts: 315 Member
in Motivation and Support
I've heard several good ones lately but this one tickled me:

"Run like you stole something!" :laugh:

If I did I'd be running a lot faster and further than I currently do!!

Anyone want to share theirs?

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  • dragonlagan
    dragonlagan Posts: 6
    I've got a few favourites:

    'At first, they'll ask you WHY you're doing it. Later, they'll ask HOW you did it'

    'I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.' Muhammad Ali

    If you always put limits on what you can do, physical or anything else, it’ll spread over into the rest of your life. It’ll spread into your work, into your mortality, into your entire being. There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must consistently exceed his level. – Bruce Lee

    :D
  • Ainar
    Ainar Posts: 858 Member
    "Run like your butt is burning!"
  • laxwyo
    laxwyo Posts: 192 Member
    "Running is for suckos!" -me
  • kgb6days
    kgb6days Posts: 880 Member
    It doesn't get easier, you get better.

    Can't remember who this is by = someone on MFP
  • dsjohndrow
    dsjohndrow Posts: 1,820 Member
    Running is the place where no one else can find you.
  • EdTheGinge
    EdTheGinge Posts: 1,616 Member
    'If you're going through hell, keep going' not technically running but suits it
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Burglar being chased by a policeman..... The burglar ran fast, the policeman caught up but just kept pace, burglar started to get tired, the policeman just kept pace, ran across some fields, the policeman just kept pace. The chase went on and on....

    Eventually the policeman says....

    "How are you doing? I'm the Police cross-country running champion - how far would you like to run?"
  • NonvoidableRypticus
    NonvoidableRypticus Posts: 5
    "I want to be the one who gets away from the zombies" Me
  • terricherry2
    terricherry2 Posts: 222 Member
    No matter how slow you're going, you're still lapping the person sat on the couch.
  • 00Melyanna00
    00Melyanna00 Posts: 221 Member
    "No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everybody on the couch" - found on the internet, not sure who said it first.

    OK, since this one was taken, here is another one:

    "If running is difficult, run more" - again, found randomly on the internet.
  • 00Melyanna00
    00Melyanna00 Posts: 221 Member
    No matter how slow you're going, you're still lapping the person sat on the couch.

    Ahah, same quote at the same time :)
  • LondonEliza
    LondonEliza Posts: 456 Member
    "It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."
    -Sir Edmund Hillary


    "I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
    - Thomas Jefferson

    "No matter how slow I run, I'm still faster than my couch."
    -Anon

    and my own personal mantra:
    "Anybody running beats anybody walking, and anybody walking beats anybody sitting."
    --Tom Bunk (the Ultra runner, not the mad comic illustrator :)
  • Ainar
    Ainar Posts: 858 Member
    I don't remember where I heard this but I like this quote:

    "My biggest inspiration as a runner is the person in front of me."
  • niknak2308
    niknak2308 Posts: 315 Member
    These are all really good! I'll be sure to memorize a couple for my run tonight!!

    Anymore sharers? :smile:
  • dmpizza
    dmpizza Posts: 3,321 Member
    "I just ran" Forest Gump
  • miracole
    miracole Posts: 492 Member
    "I don't run because I love running, I run because I love stopping. Tomorrow I have to run 20km, imagine how good it's going to feel to stop after THAT." (Paraphrasing- but I like the sentiment!)

    "In my mind I'm a Kenyan"

    "Will run for chocolate"
  • bcampbell54
    bcampbell54 Posts: 932 Member
    On starting a running program: "Sooner or later, you just have to put one foot in front of the other..."
  • niknak2308
    niknak2308 Posts: 315 Member
    "I don't run because I love running, I run because I love stopping. Tomorrow I have to run 20km, imagine how good it's going to feel to stop after THAT." (Paraphrasing- but I like the sentiment!)

    Love this one! Great way to look at it!

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