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Aug 3, 2004 9:46 PM
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Re: running quotes
how about these....there from runnersworld hs page
3.1 miles. There are no time-outs.
30-0 Not arrogant, just good.
4 a.m. we ran a miracle mile, we're flat broke but hey we do it in style.
5,468 yards. Make every one count!
7 days without running makes one weak!
90% of running is half-mental.
99% of failures are people who have the habit of making excuses.
A goal is a dream with a finish line.
A runner?s train of thought: Harder, Faster, Harder, Faster!
A brave heart is a powerful weapon.
A day with out running pretty much sucks!
A goal without action is only a wish.
A happy runner is a fast runner.
A lot of people think they are runners. I say they are joggers.
A run begins the moment you forget you're running.
A runner's fuel = Anger, Frustration, Embarrassment. Don't you love it?
A successful team beats with one heart.
A wise man once said, "It's not whether you win or lose, its how you run the race," or maybe that's just what slow people say!
ALL slow runners move to the right!!!
ALWAYS have an extra pair of shorts.
Are you ready?
Ability is what you're capable of doing, motivation determines what you do, and attitude determines how well you do it.
According to the surgeon general, it's OK to smoke your competition.
All give some, some give all.
All you are is dust in my wind!!!!
Alternates are people too!
American by birth, Kenyan at heart.
And on the seventh day I ran.
And you think my face is red!
Anger Is a gift!
Anyone can start. Winners finish!
Anyone can run 100 meters. It's the next 4900 that count.
Approach, pass, laugh, repeat!
Are you nervous? Well you should be, you're racing us!
As you probably know there can only be one winner. Sucks to be you!
Ask yourself, "How good can I be?" then shoot higher.
At least our team wins!
At the breakfast table, the chicken was only a contributor, but the pig ... the pig was fully committed. Be a pig!
Athletes run track. Everyone else is just playing games.
Attack the track
Attitudes are contagious, ours is worth catching.
Autumn holds no secrets about how summer was spent.
Be one with the mud
Be proud of how far you have come. Have faith in how far you can go.
Be the Bunny
Beat us if you can, survive if we let you!
Body, by (Coach's name here)
Born to run. Trained to win.
Bring your goals and leave your doubts behind.
Buck the system!!!!
Building a Tradition!
C'mon, you can do better than that.
Carpe viam: Seize the Road
Cross-country, enough said!
Can you survive the season?
Catch the person in front of you, not the one behind you.
Caution: Slow Moving Vehicle
Champions train, endure pain, and never complain.
Champions are made in practice.
Champions are made when no one is watching.
Come get some!
Cook it up!
Could of, would of, should of, is on the other team.
Cross-country has no boundaries.
Cross-country is one hill of a sport!
It's only Pain.
Want more playing time? Run slower!
The sport that brings in the real money.
Cross-country is the only true sport. Everything else is just a game!
Cross-country finally a good use for golf courses.
Cross-country was invented so water would taste good.
Cross-country isn't about where you are going, it's about who you have left on the course.
Cross-country. No time outs, no half times, no substitutions. The only true sport.
Date a runner, every other athlete is a player
Don't limit your challenges, challenge your limits!!!
Dare to be great.
Dead tired. Dog tired. **** tired. Coach says, "Today was easy!? I think I need a NORMAL COACH
Distance running is more than a sport.
Do you know what you want? Go and get it!
Don't forget to run.
Don't start what you can't finish!
Don't survive, run!
Don't be mad at me because I beat you, be mad at me because I beat you bad.
Don't even think about it. Period.
Don't let yesterday's disappointments overshadow tomorrow's dreams.
Don't look at me. Don't talk to me. Don't pass me!
Don't talk about it! Be about it!
Don't talk the smack, if you can't back it up on the track.
Don't tell me you're tired, cause your cries are falling on Deaf Ears!
Don't trip, or be tripped.
Don't worry about the map. We'll show you the way!
Don't write a check that your feet can't cash!
Don't you just wish you could be like me!
Don't you wish you could be me?
Don?t let your body push you around. Keep running!!!!
Dream big, run fast!!!
Dude, Go!
Every runner has excuses, only winners never use them.
Everyone gets knocked down. Champions get back up
Everyone has their own way of running. Mine is just better than yours.
Everyone looks up at the stars in the sky, but a champion climbs a mountain and gets one.
Everyone wants to be me.
Excellence is doing a common thing in an uncommon way.
Expect more than others think is possible.
Fear us
FICA (Focused Inner City Athlete)
Fear is a great mutilator.
Feel the Pain, Live the Dream, Share the Glory
Finish lines are only a reminder to stop!
First is first, and second is nowhere
Follow No One!
Follow me, if you can.
Follow my path to the silver.
For every winner there is dozens of losers. Odds are you're one of them.
Forget cars, I run!!
Wanna go for a run? How about an easy 10. Miles, not minutes.
Go Hard or Go Home
Gold metals are not really made of gold. They are made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.
Got endurance?
Got miles?
Got speed?
Hi, my name is (insert name). Remember that so you can congratulate me afterwards.
Here's your view for the rest of the race!
Hey, I think I just passed you!!!!
Hill Camp
Hitting the wall is over half the fun. Running through it is even better.
Hold my medal while I kiss your girlfriend.
How High? How Far? How Fast?
How does my butt look from back there?
How good do you want to be?
How to cross a street Cars have breaks, runners don't
I hate losing more than I like winning.
I may look bad and feel even worse, but I'm still going.
I am the wind in your dust
I am told there is a hill, but I can't find it!
I believe I can fly!
I bend, but I do not break.
I do not run to add days to my life. I run to add life to my days.
I guess some runners were made to get all the glory. Sorry!
I know I run like a girl, try to keep up.
I like to run a fresh course. So naturally, I want to be first
I like to run, it makes me smile, I think I'll run another mile!
I like to win, it sure beats losing!
I pity the fool.
I run with sharp objects, stay away!
I run, therefore I am buff.
I think like a winner, I dream like a winner, I am a winner.
I'd love to personally escort you on an 8:58.05, 3200 meter tour of (insert name) Stadium!!!
I'm sorry ... you must have thought you could beat me!
If you can read this we are probably warming up.
If you finish with something, you ran for nothing
If it ain't raining ... we ain't training.
If it were easy, everybody would do it!
If we played tag, you would be it forever!
If you blink, I'm gone!
If you don't want to win, no one is going to stop you.
If you don't win, you lose. Nobody likes to lose.
If you have to ask us why we run, then you will never understand.
If you think this is fast wait till I hit my second wind.
If you want to come in second, follow me.
If you want to find me after the race, I'll be the one wearing the gold medal.
If you want to run with the big dogs, you can't train with the puppies.
If your breakfast is still intact at the finish, you've run too slow.
In cross-country there are no time-outs, no substitutions, and no one sits on the bench. This is a sport, not a game!
In a world of give and take, give what it takes.
Individuals win races, teams win championships.
Intensity is on the brink of insanity.
Is it me, or have I lapped you once already today??
It hurts a lot less when you win!!!
It hurts too much to stop.
It is not enough to be good if you have the ability to be better.
It's a trail if I say it is.
It's all fun.
It's all in your mind.
It's not a nightmare, I'm really that much faster than you.
It's rude to count the number of people you pass, out loud.
It's the endorphins, baby!
Just ice it!
JV is the way to be!
Joggers sweat, runners bleed, racers barf!
Just try running a 5-K looking this good!
Just walk it off.
Life is a sidewalk, run on it!
Live until you die, run until you puke!
Losers make excuses. Winners make it happen!
Love the hills and they will love you back.
Man who runs in front of car gets tired. Man who runs behind car gets exhausted.
My mascara runs faster than you.
Never Let Them Get You At The Tape.
No one ever drowned in sweat.
No Slogans Necessary
No deposit. No return.
No one can say, "You must not run faster than this or jump higher than that.? The human spirit is indomitable.
No passing, next 3 miles!
Nobody said it would be easy. They only said it would be worth it!
Nothing beats a great pair of legs!
Nothing beats the pair of old, beat-up shoes you wore when you ran your first race, and won!!!
Oh, I'm sorry officer. Was I going that fast?
Our only competition is our shadow!
Our sport is your sport's punishment!
Our team is not responsible for lost or stolen pride.
Our endurance is from training, but the good looks are natural
Over the river and through the woods, it ain't just another trip to grandma's house.
Pain is temporary, pride is forever.
Pain is weakness leaving your body.
Pass them, don't pace them!
Perfection is our goal. Excellence will be tolerated.
Pleasantly exhausted!
Please say ZOOM!! I need sound effects.
Practice takes hours, victory takes seconds.
Pride lasts longer than pain.
Race with the best or run with the rest.
Rage against the course.
Real athletes don't play games.
Real cross-country runners eat raw meat, run naked, and sleep in the snow!
Remember my name. You'll be screaming it later.
Run until you can fly.
Run far, run fast, run hard.
Run, eat, sleep, repeat.
Running doesn't build character, it reveals it.
Running hard is a choice, what is your decision?
Running is 90% mental, 7% skill, and 3% raw guts!
Running is Life. The rest is just vomiting, exhaustion, and blisters.
Running is a lifestyle!
Running is my girlfriend.
Running is the feeling of someone pushing you from behind, and realizing it's you.
Set no limits.
Speak softly and carry a big kick.
Satisfaction is the death of desire.
Second place gets you to the podium, but you're still looking up!
Shut up and run!
Some people ask how I run so fast. To them I say, "Why, what do you do when you hear a gun?"
Some run. I fly!
Suck it up!
Survival of the fastest
Take it to the limit, then kick in!
The less you wear, the faster you run!
The battle is only between me and myself.
The man on top of the mountain didn't fall there.
The workout doesn't start until the pain kicks in.
There is no bench in cross-country.
Too long, too hot, too far, too bad!
Train hard. Win easy.
Training is like putting money in the bank. A race is the time to withdraw.
Trample the weak, hurdle the dead!
True winners are made when no one is watching!
We kick asphalt.
We run for donuts!
We run the country.
We don't Run, we Race.
We run every race like its our last!
We run for everyone that can't.
We save the best cross-country runners for last.
We will run for food!
We've got more legs than a bucket of chicken.
What are you getting ready for?
Where were you at six a.m.?
Winning Hurts
You might be a cross-country runner if you carry a spike wrench in your purse.
Born and bred to rip and shred.
Catch me if you can.
Cross-country, we're high on speed!
Do not tailgate.
Don't look at me, don't talk to me, don't pass me.
Endeavor to persevere.
Expect more than others think is possible.
Failure is just one-step closer to success.
Fartlek till you bleed.
Follow the trail to paradise!
Go hard or go home.
Got oxygen?
It's not who wins the practices, it's who wins the race.
Lanes??? We don't need no stinking lanes!!
Our coach could beat up your coach!
Run for your life.
Runners don't die, they only smell like it.
Running won't kill you, you'll pass out first.
Second place is the first loser.
See me come. See me pass. See me win.
Set the pace. Win the race.
Shoot for the moon, if you miss you will still land among the stars.
The truth is you can always run faster. Sometimes the truth hurts.
There is no finish line.
To be a winner all you need to give is all you have.
We don't have to beat you, you have to beat us.
We don't yield for pedestrians.
We run with hope in our hearts and wings on our heels.
What can I say; I'm just better than you!
Where's the podium?
You can only achieve as high as you reach.
