Quotes from Dean Karnazes

I have my whole office set-up at waist level; I don't sit at all during the day. Sitting, to me, is the devil.

Somewhere along the line we seem to have confused comfort with happiness.

I run with a credit card and a cell phone, so when there is not a 7-Eleven around, like some of the country roads out there, I can get him to deliver a pizza to me. And I kind of give them a coordinate, a corner.

Want a strong, solid relationship that is willing to go the distance? Get to know your running shoes.

Awakenings are always terrifying as they force you to realize your past has been lived in confinement, the most disturbing part is when you recognize that the shackle holding you down are largely once you have placed upon yourself, the prison is self constructed

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go. —T. S. Eliot

Life is a series of obstacles and setbacks; living is overcoming them.

But struggling and suffering, as I now saw it, were the essence of a life worth living. If you're not pushing yourself beyond the comfort zone, if you're not constantly demanding more from yourself—expanding and learning as you go—you're choosing a numb existence. You're denying yourself an extraordinary trip.

It had been said that the marathon doesn't really begin until mile twenty. I say mile twenty-six would be more appropriate. The final two-tenths of a mile is filled with emotion. No matter how desperately you're struggling at this point, thoughts typically drift away from the immediate task at hand (ie, survival) to broader feelings.

Now you wouldn't believe me if I told you, but I could run like the wind blows. From that day on, if I was ever going somewhere, I was running!" —FORREST GUMP

I started running to escape the memories that drinking couldn't cover up

The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides," Henri Frédéric Amiel

Never, under any circumstances, argue with a tired woman. She is always right.

If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon. If you want to talk to God, run an ultra.

I didn't go up there to die, I went up there to live.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go. —T. S. Eliot The

You cannot grow and expand your capabilities to their limits without running the risk of failure. And failure can provide invaluable lessons.

Any goal worth achieving involves an element of risk.

Either 100 percent commitment, totally unwavering devotion, or nothing at all.

Though our approach to running may have seemed [unconventional], we still took winning seriously

In my mind, you win when you reach the start line, not the finish line.

Running has a way of possessing your soul, infiltrating your psyche, and quietly becoming your central life force. The difference between a jogger and a runner is that a jogger still has control of his life. We runners have lost it.

When you're going through hell, keep going.

The world and its institutions engulf and suffocate us. We runners find our sanctuary in retreating to the roadways and trails, our sacred reprieve. The wonder isn't that we go; it's that we come back.