There Is No Substitute For Learning To

To Keep From Decaying, To Be A Winner, The Athlete Must Accept Pain - Not Only Accept It, But Look For It, Live With It, Learn Not To Fear It.

I Run Each Day To Preserve The Self I Attained The Day Before And To Secure The Self Yet To Be.

The More I Run, The More I Want To Run, And The More I Live A Life Conditioned And Influenced And Fashioned By My Running. And The More I Run, The More Certain I Am That I Am Heading For My Real Goal: To Become The Person I Am.

We Who Run...are Different From Those Who Merely Study Us. We Are Out There Experiencing What They Are Trying To Put Into Words.

It's Very Hard In The Beginning To Understand That The Whole Idea Is Not To Beat The Other Runners. Eventually You Learn That The Competition Is Against The Little Voice Inside You That Wants You To Quit.