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“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”
- Booker T. Washington

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“Once you’re beat mentally, you might as well not even go to the starting line.”
- Todd Williams

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“Somewhere in the world someone is training when you are not. When you race him, he will win.”
- Tom Fleming’s Boston Marathon sign

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“Weak runners wait for opportunities, strong ones make them.”
- Unknown

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“A Runner’s Creed: I will win; if I cannot win, I shall be second; if I cannot be second, I shall be third; if I cannot place at all , I shall still do my best.”
- Ken Doherty

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“Run hard when it’s hard to run.”
- Paavvo

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“How you respond to the challenge in the second half of the race will determine what you become after the race, whether you are a winner or a loser.”
- Anonymous

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“Live to run. Run to win. Live to win.”
- Unknown

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“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

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“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

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