"I still bother with runners I call hamburgers. They're never going to run any record times. But they can fulfill their own potential." - Bill Bowerman "Running is a lot like life. Only 10 percent of it is exciting. 90 percent of it is slog and drudge." - Dave Bedford, English distance runner who occasionally put in 200 miles a week in training "I tell our runners to divide the race into thirds. Run the first part with your head, the middle part with your personality, and the last part with your heart." - Mike Fanelli, coach "There is no glory in practice, but without practice there is no glory." "If you can't succeed with talent, triumph with effort" "Even if you fall flat on your face...at least you are moving forward." "The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win." - Sir Roger Bannister "If it hurts, make it hurt more." - Percy Cerutty "There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people." - Bill Bowerman Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. -William A. Ward There's no substitute for guts. -Paul Bear Bryant It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself. -Muhammad Ali Before you can win a game, you have to not lose it. -Chuck Noll The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. -Vincent T. Lombardi Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. -Will Rogers The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the others willing to let them. -Robert Frost The best inspiration is not to outdo others, but to outdo ourselves. -Anonymous A ship in the harbor is safe. But that's not what ships are built for. -Anonymous Nobody ever drowned in sweat. - U.S. Marine saying Winning isn't everything... wanting to is. - Anonymous It's hard to beat a person who never gives up. - Babe Ruth It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. - Seneca Indian saying "Champions expect pain, endure pain, and never complain." - Unknown "Quitting is a shortcut to losing." - Unknown "100% percent of shots not taken don't go in." - Wayne Gretzky "Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional." - Unknown "Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like muscles of the body." - Lynn Jennings "Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible." - Doug Larson "Catch the person in front of you. Stay in front of the person behind you. Beat the shadow next to you!" "The man who does things makes many mistakes, but he never makes the biggest mistake of all - doing nothing." Benjamin Franklin "When you win, nothing hurts." - Joe Namath "Progress stops upon satisfaction." "One chance is all you need." -Jesse Owens "Everything you do is your legacy." –Aaron Douglas Trimble "Don't let fatigue make a coward of you." "The only difference between CHAMP and CHUMP is "U". " "To be number one, you have to train like your number two." -Maurice Green "Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like muscles of the body." - Lynn Jennings "You don't get what you wish for, you get what you work for." "The truth is you can always run faster but sometimes the truth hurts." "Every man dies, but not every man really lives." - Mel Gibson in "Braveheart" "Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts." - Dan Gable |
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