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Quotes About Running

In my determination to avoid failure, I set myself a goal to work towards, that is, to transform myself into a running machine.
~ Milkha Singh
We don't tell New Zealanders we can stop the global recession, because we can't. What we do tell them is we can use this time to transform the economy to make us stronger so that when the world starts growing again we can be running faster than other countries we compete with.
~ John Key
I'd like to be a more consistent starter. I'd like a smoother transition from crouching to running. I have to learn to relax during a race and how to breathe.
~ Donovan Bailey
In college, I was a running QB. We were a sprint out offense, so I had a big transition going into pro ball.
~ Archie Manning
Running in transition and scoring in transition, prevents you from setting your defense up on the other side.
~ Matt Barnes
You can run alone and you can train alone, but you will always do better when you have other runners who are there to inspire and encourage you. "-Skip Heitzig Read quote-1/14/18
~ Skip Heitzig
I think Hollywood has a class system. The actors are like the inmates, but the truth is they're running the asylum.
~ Robert De Niro
In the computer field, the moment of truth is a running program; all else is prophecy.
~ Herbert Simon
You can run and run as fast and as far as you like, but the truth is, wherever you run, there you are.
~ Cecelia Ahern
Now i'd like to tell u i did something heroic like stand up against a raging team of fire-breathing horses with only my sword the truth is i ran.
~ Rick Riordan
People assume that you need to run fast to get to optimum fitness, but the truth is endurance lifting makes you stronger and leaner.
~ Greg Rutherford
While the truth is putting on its shoes, the lie becomes a champion of a long-distance running.
~ Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land
Doctor Prunesquallor was running a long tapering finger up and down a stalactite of wax and smiling horribly.
~ Mervyn Peake
The hair on the back of the neck stood erect and you ran, in spite of yourself, ribs ringing with panic, certain as a child running up the cellar stairs that something very bad was after you.
~ Michael Chabon
I once read a book about a reporter written by a reporter who described the life as always running in front of a thresher. I thought it was the most accurate description I'd read.
~ Michael Connelly
They mainly ran around the building insulting people
~ Michael Lewis
I was running to Asia and everything would change. It began with that moment when I was dancing and laughing wildly within the comfort and order of my life.
~ Michael Ondaatje
I'm an intense guy. I run 10 miles a day, which helps alleviate my intensity. Also, singing helps defuse my intensity. Playing the piano helps, and writing helps.
~ Dan Hill
It's pretty much the same routine every day. Come in Monday, bags and running. I like to get a run up in the morning with my brother and my sister and when I come in I'll do another one.
~ Daniel Dubois
I used to win at school, and some teacher said to me, 'Why don't you take up running like your sisters?'
~ Genzebe Dibaba
How I pick running backs, I always go off what situation they're in. I look at guys and what they had around them.
~ Frank Gore
Fitness is amplified in one-day cricket - fielding, running ones, twos, threes. Sometimes in an over you are running six twos. If you are not fit enough, you can't run those runs.
~ Mickey Arthur
Beginning runners come in all shapes, sizes and pre-existing conditions, so there's no magic formula for determining exactly how much basic running is needed before you start speedwork. Most experts, though, recommend three or four months of preparation.
~ Don Kardong
I have no skills! I can't speak French, I can't ski, I can't play the guitar... I can barely log on to the Internet! All I know how to do is write novels (thank goodness) and run, and anyone who has seen me run knows I'm not very good at that, either.
~ Elin Hilderbrand