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"But they that wait upon the Lord
shall renew their strength; they shall mount
up with wings as eagles; they shall
run, and not be weary; and they
shall walk, and not faint."
-- Isaiah 40:31
"It is better to wear out one's
shoes than one's sheets."
-- Genoese proverb
"The great pleasure in life is
doing what people say you cannot do."
-- Walter Bagehot
"Me thinks that the moment my
legs begin to move, my thoughts begin
to flow."
-- Thoreau
"Being the best means outrunning the
rest."
-- unknown
"Sports do not build character. They
reveal it."
-- Heywood Hale Brown
"Without ice cream there would be
chaos and darkness."
-- Don Kardong (marathoner)
"Play to win. Win without bragging.
Lose without excuses, and play by
the rules."
-- John Fleck (100-year-old
Senior Olympian)
"Cab drivers are living proof that
practice does not make perfect."
-- David Dinkins (former
NYC Mayor)
"The expert in anything was once
a beginner."
-- unknown
"Strength fades as we age, but
with weight training, you can maintain
your speed, power and endurance."
-- Hal Higdon (running
guru)
"Jogging is very beneficial. It's good
for your legs and your feet. It's
also very good for the ground. It
makes it feel needed."
-- Snoopy (funny-looking
dog with a big, black nose)
"Simply finishing a race is the
first level of winning. For me, a
slow race is better than an incomplete
one."
-- Joe Henderson (Runner's
World bigshot)
"Avoid any diet which discourages the
use of hot fudge."
-- Don Kardong (former
Olympian)
"Running is to walking what singing
is to talking"
-- Baine Lam
"For problems, sweat is a good
solvent."
-- unknown
"A team is where a boy can
prove courage on his own. A gang
is where a coward goes to hide."
-- Mickey Mantle
"Adversity can make us better. We must
be challenged to improve, and adversity
is the challenger."
-- John Wooden
"There is more to life than increasing
its speed."
-- Gandhi
"The best cure for insomnia is
Monday morning."
-- Sandy Cooley
"Winning can be defined as the
science of being totally prepared."
-- George Allen (NFL
Hall of Famer)
"Just once I'd love to run and
feel the wind in my hair."
-- Dick Vitale
"... just turned my life around."
-- Al Reece (reverse
runner on the subject of his hobby
of running marathons backwards)
"It's the only place you can run
10 miles in a straight line and
still be at the scene of the crime
..."
-- Retired General Norman
Schwarzkopf about Washington, D.C.
"You don't have to have the lead
if you have the heart to come from
behind."
-- unknown
"Once the opportunity arrives, it's too
late to prepare."
-- John Wooden
"There is no thrill quite like
doing something you didn't know you could."
-- Marjorie Holmes
"Fitness is a stage you pass through
on the way to becoming a racer."
-- Dr. George Sheehan
(another RW bigshot/running guru)
"Becoming number one is easier than remaining
number one."
-- Bill Bradley (NBA
Hall of Famer and former U.S. Senator)
"There can be no question, my dear
Watson, of the value of exercise before
breakfast."
-- Sherlock Holmes
"Perfection is what you are striving for,
but perfection is an impossibility. However,
striving for perfection is not an impossibility."
-- John Wooden
"The quality of a man's life is
in direct proportion to his commitment
to excellence."
-- Tom Landry
"I read my goals every day. I believed
them, prayed them, slept them, and dreamt
them."
-- Mike Singletary
"I can do all things through Christ
who strenthens me.
-- Philippians 4:13
"Without proper conditioning in all areas,
you will fall short of your potential."
-- John Wooden
"The world belongs to the energetic."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson