I run because I enjoy it – not always, but most of the time. I run because I have always run – not trained, but run. What do I get? Joy and pain. Good health and injuries. Exhilaration and despair. A feeling of accomplishment and a feeling of waste. The sunrise and the sunset.

— Amby Burfoot

Amby Burfoot Quotes

I’ve never known a runner who had as much patience as he needed.

— Amby Burfoot

Set a goal and a program for yourself, and everything else will follow. Guaranteed.

— Amby Burfoot

The true but rare runner’s high is a zone that we enter when everything seems to click perfectly, when time stands still, and when we can run almost without effort.

— Amby Burfoot

As we run, we become.

— Amby Burfoot

I like to say, and I truly believe, that every run brings new experiences. You just don’t know what they might be until you actually do the run. That’s one of my major reasons for pushing out the front door as often as I do-the adventure of it all.

— Amby Burfoot

Best wishes for a great marathon. Be sure to savor it. The first marathon is something special. Run long and healthy.

— Amby Burfoot

Running is ultimately a personal experience. It is a revival of the spirit, a private oasis for the thirsty mind. Yet, its healing power only increases in the presence of others. Run together and the oasis grows cooler and more satisfying.

— Amby Burfoot

Once upon a time, about 20 years ago, runners believed they didn’t have to do anything but run.

— Amby Burfoot

Success does not come to the most righteous and rigorously disciplined but to those who continue running.

— Amby Burfoot

Motivation is a skill. It can be learned and practiced.

— Amby Burfoot

Everyone stumbles at one time or another. It’s the human condition.

— Amby Burfoot

Running removes us briefly from the fragmentation and depersonalization of the digital world.

— Amby Burfoot

I’ve always liked hills. I see a challenge, a goal, and I feel instantly galvanized to achieve that goal.

— Amby Burfoot

Courage is crossing a starting line.

— Amby Burfoot

In the longest run of all, your life, you’re going to be a winner.

— Amby Burfoot

Don’t judge your running by your speed.

— Amby Burfoot

I run because I enjoy it – not always, but most of the time. I run because I have always run – not trained, but run. What do I get? Joy and pain. Good health and injuries. Exhilaration and despair. A feeling of accomplishment and a feeling of waste. The sunrise and the sunset.

— Amby Burfoot

It’s what runners do. We keep on keeping on.

— Amby Burfoot

Here’s my mantra: ‘Every mile is a gift.’

— Amby Burfoot

It’s not about how fast you go. It’s not about how far you go. It’s a process.

— Amby Burfoot
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