My Top Ten Favourite Running Quotes
On this page you find the ten Best Running Quotes.Well, according to me... :)
I split them up in two categories.
The Best Five Funny Quotes and The Best Five Inspirational Quotes.
I decided to not just whack a few hundred running quotes in this section. That's easy to do. Just browse the web for two minutes. But I only want to show a selection. Only the best will do for you !
So I have picked ten quotes. That I thought were funny or useful in some way. And many readers of this website have submitted quotes as well. Quotes that mean something to them. Sometimes by themselves. Sometimes from famous runners. But quotes important enough to them to submit. So, you can find those on the following pages.
Enjoy !
My five favourite funny running quotes
I don't think jogging is healthy, especially morning jogging. If morning joggers knew how tempting they looked to morning motorists, they would stay home and do sit-ups.
Rita Rudner
I think people can handle 150 to 200 miles a week. But something has to give somewhere. If he's a student, how's he going to study? He may be at the age of chasing and courtship, and that's an important form of sport and recreation, too.
Bill Bowerman
It's unnatural for people to run around the city streets unless they are thieves or victims. It makes people nervous to see someone running. I know that when I see someone running on my street, my instincts tell me to let the dog go after him.
Mike Royko
If you start to feel good during an ultra, don't worry you will get over it.
Gene Thibeault
If God invented marathons to keep people from doing anything more stupid, the triathlon must have taken Him completely by surprise.
P.Z. Pearce
My five favourite inspirational running quotes
By failing to prepare, you are prepairing to fail.
Benjamin Franklin
Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.
Coco Chanel
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.
Thomas Jefferson
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
William Faulkner
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
Vince Lombardi
Do you know a much better quote ?
Then submit your favourite running quote to me by using the form below.
Only quotes which are not duplicates and which I find suiting to the site are accepted.
Upon acceptance, your favourite running quote will be put on this site, along with your name !
Example of what this will look like :
If you start to feel good during an ultra, don't worry you will get over it.
Gene Thibeault
Submitted by : Dom from Australia
Important :
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About the author
Dominique de Rooij (Dom)
Advanced Running Coach certified by Athletics Australia with 20 years of writing about running and over a decade coaching runners — from first-timers to marathoners. Dom's beginner programs have guided thousands of runners and been praised above plans from Jeff Galloway, Hal Higdon, and Runner's World. Now over 50, Dom still loves trail running, parkrun, and the coffee after.
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