Running Quotes

Joan Benoit Samuelson

Sun, 30 May 2010 06:36:57 -0400

“We used to have field days there. That’s where I ran my first race. I beat a boy and he pushed me down. I guess that’s how it all started.”

~Joan Benoit Samuelson, pointing out the Cottage Farms School, Maine, to a visitor~

Sir Roger Bannister

Sat, 22 May 2010 10:31:27 -0400

“Sport is not about being wrapped up in cotton wool. Sport is about adapting to the unexpected and being able to modify plans at the last minute. Sport, like all life, is about taking risks.”
~Sir Roger Bannister

John J. “Young John” Kelley

Sun, 16 May 2010 10:26:10 -0400

“All I know is that people don’t throw beer cans at me when I run anymore.”
~ John J. “Young John” Kelley, 1995

Thomas Hicks

Sun, 9 May 2010 10:21:08 -0400

“I would rather have won this race than be President of the United States.”

~ Thomas Hicks on his 3:28:53 marathon win in St. Louis in 1904

Henry David Thoreau

Sun, 2 May 2010 07:14:36 -0400

"Methinks that the moment my legs began to move, my thoughts began to flow."

- Henry David Thoreau