Regardless of how distant your dreams may seem, every second counts.
Any goal worth achieving involves an element of risk.
The human body has limitations. The human spirit is boundless.
I never feel more alive than when I’m in great pain, struggling against insurmountable odds and untold adversity. Hardship? Suffering? Bring it!
Don’t run with your legs, run with your heart.
There is magic in misery. Just ask any runner.
Don’t confuse comfort with happiness.
Sometimes you’ve got to go through hell to get to heaven.
For me, as for so many runners, there really are no finish lines. Runs end; running doesn’t.
Want a strong, solid relationship that is willing to go the distance? Get to know your running shoes.
Adventure books are my personal favorites. ‘The Endurance,’ a story about Ernest Shackleton’s legendary Antarctica expedition, or ‘Into Thin Air,’ Jon Krakauer’s personal account of the 1996 disaster on Mt Everest, are two notables.
If it felt good, you didn’t push hard enough. It’s supposed to hurt like hell.
When all else fails, start running!
Running is a simple, primitive act, and therein lays its power. For it is one of the few commonalities left between us as a human race.
I have my whole office set-up at waist level; I don’t sit at all during the day. Sitting, to me, is the devil.
You cannot grow and expand your capabilities without running the risk of failure.
I’m not trying to take more of the pie for myself. I’m trying to make the pie larger for everyone.
If you keep chasing your dreams, one day you’ll catch them.
Listen to everyone, follow no one.
I do a lot of marathons as training runs. If I’m somewhere and there’s a marathon, I’ll sign up and just go run it.