Quotes About Running

When he hit a ground ball to you, you knew you had to make a good throw because he was going to be running.

Because I could throw so hard when I got to college, they made me a pitcher. If I had to it all over again, I would have stuck to playing in the outfield. I loved running. I can catch everything in the outfield. I could throw people out from the fence.

I think the running game is very important to every offense. Being balanced is extremely important. There's times where you have to throw the ball. You could be down late in the game, you need to come back; you have to be able to pass it when they know you're passing it.

I'm not a runner, and I always dreamed about just throwing on my sneakers and really knocking everyone's socks off with my joy of traversing the world by foot.

Pro Day was very important for me because that was really the only time that I had to prove that I could play at an NFL level and that was really through the physical drills they put me through which was running and throwing the ball. It turned out pretty well for me.

I like throwing touchdowns instead of running them.

Unfortunately, I'm heat intolerant. I tend not to go in heat, I avoid the bath, I have lukewarm showers - and now I am throwing myself into the heat of Dubai and trying to run.

I think first and foremost, you've got to be able to run the football to be successful in college football. Some teams have thrown the ball 60 times a game and had success doing that. But I think you've got to be able to run the football to have success.

I promoted myself as a fusion ticket. I was running as a Republican liberal.

I didn't run the ball very much in college. I sat out most of the time and played a little slot receiver, a little tight end, a little fullback but that's pretty much about it.

I hate running. Only if I have to, but my job is to get the ball to the receivers, the tight ends, running backs.

Meditation and running are essentially addressing these two kinds of pain. Of course, we cannot run all day and all night, and it is difficult to meditate all day and all night. However, when we include these two disciplines in our daily routine, we are making our body and mind more livable.

Running is not simply slogging through the miles, trying to sweat out last night's good times, or burning off excess weight—it is celebrating life.

I have always found a natural relationship between running and meditation. Running can be a support for meditation, and meditation can be a support for running.

In teaching my first meditation and running workshop, I was struck by the number of participants who were ultramarathon runners. When I considered their experience, it made sense. After you run for a while, what do you find in there but your own mind? You work with that mind by meditating regularly.

In meditation, we are creating new pathways for the mind, the brain, and even the heart. That's how we build a base. In meditating, just as in running, we are engaging in something that is very different from what we've ever done before. So, especially in the beginning, we should not overdo it.

Like meditation, running is a unique combination of relaxation, good posture, and symmetry. When we pay attention to our posture and apply some discipline to how we hold our body, joy and freshness arise.

The tiger incorporates meditation and running as a natural part of the daily routine, for these endeavors can bring health of body and mind only if we are consistent in practicing them.

1. Running with the Mind of Meditation

To me, the relationship between meditation and running is natural, for one is a training of the mind and one is a training of the body.

Although the process of meditating is different from running, the tools are the same: we need to be determined and exert ourselves. If we can get through the beginning, we will probably be successful.

Thus the mind is more present and at peace. So the clarity and peace of mind we feel after running is mostly because the wild horse is tired, not necessarily because it has been tamed.

Once I was running and there was someone on the treadmill next to me who stopped running to answer a question I asked and flew of the back of the treadmill. Being fully engaged has many benefits.

I would think a person who doesn't know what's she's running from can't really be on the run, but that's not true. Here