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Quote of the Day: 3/23/08
Posted March 23rd, 2008 at 8:00 AM by Jeanie Rebb
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
“Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”
- William Faulkner
Quote of the Day: 3/22/08
Posted March 22nd, 2008 at 8:00 AM by Jamal Walker
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
“Over the years, I’ve given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.”
- Steve Prefontaine
Quote of the Day: 2/29/08
Posted February 29th, 2008 at 8:30 AM by Hariz Siddiqui
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
“Pain is only temporary,
Pride is forever,
Pain passes with time and Time passes,
therefore Pain is just a strain on the Brain without Refrain,
and that’s why Cross Country runners are Insane.”- a t-shirt
Quote of the Day: 2/28/08
Posted February 28th, 2008 at 8:30 AM by Martin Kennedy
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
“Listen to your body. Do not be a blind and deaf tenant.”
- Dr. George Sheehan
Quote of the Day: 2/27/08
Posted February 27th, 2008 at 8:30 AM by Jeanie Rebb
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
“There is no room for frills when you’re fighting the lone battle against yourself. It’s something only a runner would understand.”
- Saucony
Quote of the Day: 2/23/08
Posted February 23rd, 2008 at 9:00 AM by Jamal Walker
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
“The only one that limits you is yourself.”
- Anonymous
Quote of the Day: 2/16/08
Posted February 16th, 2008 at 8:30 AM by Jamal Walker
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
“Run hard when it’s hard to run.”
- Paavvo
Quote of the Day: 2/14/08
Posted February 14th, 2008 at 8:00 AM by Jamal Walker
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
“Live to run. Run to win. Live to win.”
- Unknown
Quote of the Day: 2/13/08
Posted February 13th, 2008 at 8:00 AM by Hariz Siddiqui
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
“People begin running for any number of motives, but we stick to it for one basic reason-to find out who we really are.”
- Dr. George Sheehan
Quote of the Day: 2/11/08
Posted February 11th, 2008 at 9:24 AM by Hariz Siddiqui
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
“I have no control over how fast my opposition can run. It’s not like I can tackle them. All I can do is work harder. Smarter. Train when my opposition doesn’t. In blood-chilling temperatures. Rain. Sleet. Wind.”
- Unknown
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“Motivation is what gets you started.
Habit is what keeps you going.”
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What counts in a battle is what you do once the pain sets in.
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A Philadelphia woman, Anne Mahlum, was named ABC’s “Person of the Week” last Friday for forming a running club for homeless people she used to pass on her early morning runs.
“I looked back, and I was like, ‘I am cheating these guys,’” Mahlum told ABC. “‘Why am I just running past them and leaving […] - Quote of the Day: 12/17/07
Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.
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One must learn by doing the thing, for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.
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Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.
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Peggy O'Neill said:
Thanks, Kate. I would not have missed a minute of the journey. Love, Mom