“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”
- Lou Holtz, football coach
“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.”
- Lance Armstrong
“Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.”
- George F. Will
I was unable to walk for a whole week after that, so much did the race take out of me. But it was the most pleasant exhaustion I have ever known.
- Emil Zatopek’s description of the Olympic Marathon win in Helsinki
Get going. Get up and walk if you have to, but finish the damned race.
- Ron Hill to Jerome Drayton during the 1970 Boston Marathon
I run because it’s my passion, and not just a sport. Every time I walk out the door, I know why I’m going where I’m going and I’m already focused on that special place where I find my peace and solitude. Running, to me, is more than just a physical exercise…it’s a consistent reward for victory!
- Sasha Azevedo
“My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: ‘Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you’ll win … Channel your energy … Focus’.”
- Carl Lewis
“No one can say, ‘You must not run faster than this, or jump higher than that.’ The human spirit is indomitable.”
- Sir Roger Bannister
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.
- Sir Roger Bannister
Coming off the last turn, my thoughts changed from: “One more try, one more try, one more try”, to: “I can win! I can win! I can win!”
- Billy Mills, first and only American to win a 10,000m Olympic medal
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