Quotes About Endurance

Many run primarily for the exercise, but others run to condition themselves for well-publicized races of various distances.

You bet I arrived overnight. Over a few hundred nights in the Catskills, in vaudeville, in clubs and on Broadway.

I was raised never to carp about things and never to moan, because in vaudeville, which is my background, you just got on with it through all kinds of adversities.

I'm training at Phase 1 Sports in Las Vegas, and it's a very high-end training facility for a lot of top-level athletes. I have been able to add a lot of power and the endurance to keep that power going. I've always been powerful, but the muscle conditioning I've been able to add has been a tremendous amount of help.

I wouldn't eat a 1,000-calorie bowl of spaghetti for dinner, but I've always loved pasta and think it's a good addition to any meal and a great base for pretty much any vegetable. It's also great when I have a nervous stomach before race day.

I worry about Zimbabweans. They bend, they bend, they bend, they bend - where do the people break? How long can they go on scrounging for food in garbage dumps and using the moisture from sewage drains to plant vegetables?

When I began running at the age of 10, I didn't have the diet athletes need. It was just rice and vegetables. Every day.

My body is a vehicle for the mechanics of my sport.

I need to be able to depend on the products I use to stand up to the demands I put on my vehicles.

Big clubs in Europe always go through difficult spells where it appears as though there is no light at the end of the tunnel. But because they are big clubs, they always come back, and they do so with a vengeance.

Even if it's a horrible venue - a bar that barely has a PA and no lighting - we're still there trying to get somebody to not forget us.

By definition, to work with me, you need thicker skin and must be OK with a certain amount of verbal abuse!

The simple rule I will follow to sustain in the industry would be to adapt to these ongoing changes and be a versatile artiste.

The more versatile you can be, the longer you'll be in the NFL.

People always say you have to grow into your body, but for me, it wasn't even growing into my body - the more weight came, it didn't faze me. It made me faster, stronger. It helped me become a more versatile player.

There are different roles you must play over 80 overs and that means you need to be versatile as a bowler.

In my opinion Test cricket is the best version of this game. It tests you mentally, physically, emotionally.

Optimisme wil beslist niet zeggen dat wordt verkondigd hoe gelukkig de mens is of zou kunnen zijn, maar eenvoudig dat zijn lijden niet voor niets is. Als de wereld slechts was geschapen om in haar ondergang een laatste lichtflits te zijn voor een paar blinde ogen, zelfs dan zou die ondergang nog zin hebben gehad.

geniul nu este decât un împrumut: trebuie s?-l meriÈ›i prin mari suferinÈ›e, prin încerc?ri pe care s? le înduri cu modestie È™i fermitate; pân? la urm? sfârÈ™eÈ™ti prin a auzi voci È™i scrii dup? dictare.

I'll endure anything, your red-hot tongs and molten lead, your racks and prongs and garrotes-- all your fiendish gadgets, everything that burns and flays and tears-- I'll put up with any torture you impose. Anything, anything would be better than this agony of mind, this creeping pain that gnaws and fumbles and caresses one and never hurts quite enough.

The label of marathoner has, from the beginning, been awarded to those who went the distance under their own power, whether they ran, walked, crawled or tiptoed. When you cross that finish line, you've entered an elite group. About one-tenth of one percent of the population has done it. Don't let anyone take that great achievement away from you.

To reach the finish line in a marathon is to enter an elite group: only about one-tenth of 1 percent of the population does it.

those with the right Run-Walk-Run adjustments are strong to the finish. They are the "passers" not the passees" during the last few miles—which is very empowering.

Many runners in the 12-16 minute pace range have reported running 60+ minutes faster in the marathon or 30+ minutes faster in the half marathon when they switched to R/W/R.