Quotes About Perseverance

Think Easy, Light, Smooth, and Fast. You start with easy, because if that's all you get, that's not so bad. Then work on light. Make it effortless, like you don't give a shit how high the hill is or how far you've got to go. When you've practiced that so long that you forget you're practicing, you work on making it smooooooth. You won't have to worry about the last one—you get those three, and you'll be fast.

When it comes to mentors, you can't beat survival;

If he could do it, Churchill was certain, so could his fellow misfits.

slova p?ipisovaná Rogeru Bannisterovi... :"Každý den ráno se v Africe probudí gazela a ví, že musí b?žet rychleji než nejrychlejší lev, jinak zahyne. Každé ráno se v Africe probudí lev a ví, že musí b?hat rychleji než nejpomalejší gazela, jinak bude mít hlad. Je jedno, jestli jste lev nebo gazela - jakmile vyjde slunce, m?li byste utíkat.

Sí, pero somos lentos". Estaban centrándose en la velocidad y no alcanzaban a entender que la resistencia podía ser una ventaja.»

extreme of fatigue and distress, we may find amounts of ease and power we never dreamed ourselves to own; sources of strength never taxed at all because we never push through the obstruction.

La resistencia está en el corazón de todas tus historias

My arms floated until my hands were rib-high; my stride chopped down to pitty-pat steps; my back straightened so much I could almost hear the vertebrae creaking.

Sunny Blende, la experta nutricionista, evitó el desastre en el desierto cuando Jenn, Billy, Ted Descalzo y yo asistimos torpemente a Luis Escobar en la Badwater de 2006, y además me dio la mejor definición de este deporte que he oído: «Las ultramaratones son tan solo concursos de comer y beber, con un poco de ejercicio y paisajes de por medio».

We've got a motto here—you're tougher than you think you are, and you can do more than you think you can. Guy like Aron, he shows the rest of us what we can do if we dig deep.

When I'm out on a long run," she continued, "the only thing in life that matters is finishing the run.

Because that's the ugly truth about heroism: the tests don't start when you're ready or stop when you're tired. You don't get time-outs, warm-ups, or bathroom breaks.

That's what I'm saying,' Scott insisted. 'I've been there, man. I've been there a lot. It takes more guts than going fast.

Jenni ha sido una mujer dura desde entonces que corre millas y millas incluso en esos días en que la nieve cubre todo Idaho. Quizá, de alguna manera, esté automedicándose contra problemas profundamente arraigados, pero quizá (parafraseando a Bill Clinton) no había nada de malo en Jenni que no pudiera ser arreglado por lo que Jenni tenía de bueno.

I'm supposed to spread my fingers as wide as they were with the rubber band, mash my palms hard into the floor, and pull myself down. When I do, I surprise even myself when my elbows straighten with barely any effort.

eased back to a walk, obeying the ultrarunner's creed: "If you can't see the top, walk." When you're running fifty miles, there's no dividend in bashing up the hills and then being winded on the way down; you only lose a few seconds if you walk, and then you can make them back up by flying downhill.

Because that's the ugly truth about heroism: the tests don't start when you're ready or stop when you're tired. You don't get time-outs, warm-ups, or bathroom breaks. You may have a headache or be wearing the wrong pants or find yourself—the way Norina did—in a skirt and low heels in a school hallway becoming slick with your own blood.

you're tougher than you think you are, and you can do more than you think you can.

that's okay; humans are terrific

To be a hero, you had to learn how to think, run, fight, and talk—even eat, sleep, and crawl—like a hero.

From then on and for the rest of his life, Paddy's motto was Solvitur ambulando: "When in doubt, walk.

The real mutants are the runners who don't get injured. Up to eight out of every ten runners are hurt every year. It doesn't matter if you're heavy or thin, speedy or slow, a marathon champ or a weekend huffer, you're just as likely as the other guy to savage your knees, shins, hamstrings, hips, or heels.

Tu nep?rst?j skriet t?d??, ka k??sti vecs, Dipsijas D?mons vienm?r teica. Tu k??sti vecs t?d??, ka p?rst?j skriet.

Make friends with pain, and you will never be alone. —KEN CHLOUBER, Colorado miner and creator of