Quotes About Running

A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.

In the rearview mirror I saw Ivan half running behind the car, and I felt despair and envy. Of course he couldn't love me, not when I lived through so many layers, when I was spooked by Montmartre, and wore a seat belt in order to steer a car out of a ditch.

She cast her fragrance and her radiance over me. I ought never to have run away from her... I ought to have guessed all the affection that lay behind her poor little stratagems. Flowers are so inconsistent! But I was too young to know how to love her...

There is an itch in runners.

The rewards of that productivity give way to a fear of falling behind as an impetus to keep running. Soon enough, the work crowds out relationships and outside activities.

How do you make a young quarterback better? You build a running game around him.

I never intended to be a running quarterback.

I'm a really fast runner. No one can catch me - I'm quick.

On a weekday, I'll go for a big bowl of creamy porridge with almond butter and berries if I'm at home, or a super quick chia seed breakfast if I'm running out the door first thing.

I love to run, and I actually run quite a bit.

I actually did not like to run. It was probably my least favorite thing that I had to do, and then in 1999, I was diagnosed as a type 1 diabetic. It was really strange. One good thing to do for diabetes is to exercise. I don't really like gyms anymore, and I travel quite a bit, so I realized that you can just take shoes and shorts and run anywhere.

My first race was in October 2001 in Kapsabet, Kenya. It was a 10km road race. I was excited and I was happy to know I am good in running.

I've no desire to do one of those 50-mile races like the Comrades or anything like that.

I found longer races boring. I found the mile just perfect.

In my younger days, I loved to run. Although it may be hard for you to believe it, I did. And I did win a few races.

There is always the excitement of running races.

I've always been athletic - did the 100 metres and 1500 m at school, cross-country races - and did well in them.

A guy like me, yes, I am good in terms of championship races, and that's where I dominate - but in terms of running fast times, I haven't quite done that.

Running had become such an obsession that even when asleep, I would run races in my dreams.

New nemeses keep racing fresh, but I also find challenge in going longer, with only the distance as foe. I run my first 50-mile race, journey across the Grand Canyon and back, circumnavigate Mount St. Helens.

There's actually an awful lot of mathematics that goes into designing a railway, keeping it running, making sure everything runs optimally. Every time you need something to be optimal there's going to be some mathematics at play.

On clay, you know that you have much longer rallies, and you must run for maybe two or three hours.

When I ran, I felt like a butterfly that was free.

When I was in high school, I ran with the team, and I did a bit of running with friends and things. But as an adult, my favorite thing is to run by myself.