“Training is the opposite of hoping.”

“Don’t run away from challenges. Run over them.”

“Strike fear or get struck.”

“Set goals. Exercise. Love yourself. Focus on fitness. Rest and relax. Eat right. Smile. Portray positive. Enjoy life. Care for others. Tell yourself you can do this.”

“Write the future.”

“Victory is paid for in sweat, courage, and preparation.”

“Earned. Not given.”

“Greatness is earned, never awarded.”

“The harder you push, the more you are pulled.”

“Take the high road and go higher.”

“Giving up is simply not an option.”

“Success isn’t given, it is earned. On the track, on the field, in the gym. With blood, sweat, and the occasional tear.”

“Quit making excuses, putting it off, complaining about it, dreaming about it, whining about it, crying about it, believing you can’t, worrying if you can, waiting until you are older, skinnier, richer, braver, or all around better. Suck it up, hold on tight, say a prayer, make a plan & JUST DO IT.”

“Think training’s hard? Try losing.”

“You don’t get it by wishing.”

“It’s not where you place, it’s how hard you worked to get there.”

“Work hard and be proud of what your achieve.”

“If it isn’t trying, you’re not trying hard enough.”

“If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you. Make it burn.”

“Taking it easy won’t take you anywhere.”

“You don’t get it by staring, you don’t get it by wishing, you don’t get it by drooling, you don’t get it by hoping, you don’t get it easy. You get it by getting off your ass and working for it.”

“Obsessed is a word the lazy use to describe dedicated.”

“Go hard or go home.”

“Work hard. Dream big.”

“Dedicate yourself.”

“Sport is not a logical proposition. It thrives on obsession, passion, and going beyond what you thought was possible. If you have a body, you are an athlete.”

“My sport is your sport’s punishment.”

“Life is a sport. Make it count.”

“Make the next 12 months the year of you. Every athlete, everybody. It’s time to bring your best then better it. Whatever you do… make it count!”

“Good News: It’s a leap year. You can run 366 days.”

“Running is not about being better than someone else. It’s about being better than you used to be.”

“The real purpose of running isn’t to win a race. It’s to test the limits of the human heart.”

“Mary had a little shoe it’s sole was full of air and anyone that Mary raced didn’t have a prayer.”

“Where your world becomes the next two strides.”

“Jack and Jill raced up the hill to see who was faster. Jack’s feet were bare, Jill had Nike Air, poor Jack could never catch her.”

“There are two types of people: Those who run and those who should. Nike believes in both.”

“SWOOSH. The sound made when you blow by somebody.”

“You either ran today or you didn’t.”

“Ran sounds better than run.”

“Runs end. Running doesn’t.”

“Running. Sometimes, legs feel like rocks. But rocks under pressure make diamonds. Running is power.”

“It starts about the time I walk out of my front door. I reach the woods, smell the river and I just feel myself come to life again. It’s like yeah, I’m back.”

“Who says you can’t run away from your problems?”

“Someone who is busier than you is running right now.”

“But unless you are a runner, you won’t understand.”

“If you went running when you first started thinking about it, you’d be back by now.”

“Why do I run? Why do I breathe?”

“There is no ‘Y’ in running. Believe in the run.”

“There is no finish line.”

“I run like a girl. Keep up.”