Quotes from Kathrine Switzer

There is an expression among even the most advanced runners that getting your shoes on is the hardest part of any workout

If you feel positive, you have a sense of hope. If you have hope, you can have courage.

Life is for participating, not for spectating.

If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.

I could feel my anger dissipating as the miles went by--you can't run and stay mad!

Life is for participating, not for spectating.

When I go to the Boston Marathon now, I have wet shoulders—women fall into my arms crying. They're weeping for joy because running has changed their lives. They feel they can do anything.

Talent is everywhere, it only needs the opportunity.

I could persevere and overcome all odds. I didn't want to feel like a quitter on this relationship, or anything else.

Triumph over adversity that's what the marathon is all about. Nothing in life can't triumph after that

Talent is everywhere, it only needs the opportunity.

1967 race in Boston changed not just my life, but millions of women's lives. There are also things that, when you get older, resonate more.

I said that there's going to come a day in our lives when women's running is as popular and as men's. Looking back, I obviously had a great sense of vision. And I was right.

Women were afraid and they would never even imagine running a marathon in 1967.

All you need is the courage to believe in yourself and put one foot in front of the other.

A lack of forgiveness is a waste of time and it's very enriching to forgive and move on but those are things that come with time.