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Quote of the Day: 5/9/08
Posted May 9th, 2008 at 9:00 AM by Hariz Siddiqui
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
“You must have faith to succeed.”
- Anonymous
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: 3/21/08
Posted March 21st, 2008 at 8:00 AM by Hariz Siddiqui
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
“What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?”
- Steve Prefontaine (How he reacted in junior high when he saw the high school XC team running)
Quote of the Day: 3/20/08
Posted March 20th, 2008 at 8:00 AM by Martha Jones
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
“A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more. Nobody is going to win a 5,000 meter race after running an easy 2 miles. Not with me. If I loose forcing the pace all the way, well, at least I can live with myself.”
- Steve Prefontaine
Quote of the Day: 3/19/08
Posted March 19th, 2008 at 8:30 AM by Jamal Walker
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
“You have a choice. You can throw in the towel, or you can use it to wipe the sweat off of your face.”
- Gatorade
Quote of the Day: 3/18/08
Posted March 18th, 2008 at 8:00 AM by Hariz Siddiqui
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
“If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want.
Why?
Because . . .
(a) you’ll burn all the calories you consume,
(b) you deserve it, and
(c) you’ll be injured soon and back on a restricted diet anyway.”- Don Kardong
Quote of the Day: 3/17/08
Posted March 17th, 2008 at 8:00 AM by Martha Jones
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
“Other people may not have high expectations of me, but I have high expectations for myself.”
- Shannon Miller, 7-time Olympic medal winning gymnast
Quote of the Day: 3/16/08
Posted March 16th, 2008 at 8:00 AM by Jeanie Rebb
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
“When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
- Theodore Roosevelt
Quote of the Day: 3/15/08
Posted March 15th, 2008 at 7:00 AM by Martha Jones
Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes
“The thing about Pre is that he ran as hard as he could every race, and if you were going to beat him, you were going to have to run harder than he did.”
- Bob Kennedy
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- Quote of the Day: 2/12/08
“There are no standards and no possible victories except the joy you are living while dancing your run….you are not running for some future reward - the real reward is now!”
- Fred Rohe, author of The Zen of Running - Quote of the Day: 2/10/08
“If you train hard, you’ll not only be hard, you’ll be hard to beat.”
- Herschel Walker - Quote of the Day: 2/9/08
“The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.”
- Joe Paterno; legendary Penn State football coach - Quote of the Day: 2/8/08
“Set you goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.”
- Bo Jackson - Quote of the Day: 2/7/08
“Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.”
- Tom Landry - Quote of the Day: 2/6/08
“Think big, believe big, act big, and the results will be big.”
- Anon - Quote of the Day: 2/4/08
“If you can’t accept losing, you can’t win.”
- Vince Lombardi - Quote of the Day: 2/1/08
“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”
- Vince Lombardi - Quote of the Day: 1/31/08
“All right Mister, let me tell you what winning means you’re willing to go longer, work harder, give more than anyone else.”
- Vince Lombardi - Quote of the Day: 1/30/08
“The Principle is competing against yourself. It’s about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.”
- Steve Young, Hall of Fame NFL quaterback
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