Ghoulie Azzatar challenge- do it or else!! (Page 31)

Here's a few more to pick from, I have more if you want them.

"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." --George Sheehan, M.D.

"For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again. "

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.

"There are two times to train, when you want to and when you don't"

The more I push my limitations, the more I realize I don't have as many of them as I thought.

"When someone tells you that you can't go any farther, just tell them to look behind you and see how far you've come." -- Lorna Pitre

The ultimate is not to win, but to reach within the depths of your capabilities and to compete against yourself to the greatest extent possible. When you do that, you have dignity. You have the pride. You can walk about with character and pride no matter in what place you happen to finish.

The real purpose of running isn't to win a race; it's to test the limits of the human heart. A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change. So it's a matter of fitting your current practices to fit the event and the individual. See, what's good for you might not be worth a darn for the next guy.

Your biggest challenge isn’t someone else. It’s the ache in your lungs and the burning in your legs, and the voice inside you that yells, "CAN’T", but you don’t listen. You just push harder. And then you hear the voice whisper "can" and you discover that the person you
thought you were is no match for the one you really are.

Some people listen to themselves rather than listen to what others say. These people don't come along very often, but when they do, they remind us that once you set off on a path, even though critics may doubt you, it's ok to believe that there is no CAN'T, WON'T or IMPOSSIBLE. They remind us that it's ok to believe that IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING.

 At mile 20, I thought I was dead 

At mile 22, I wished I was dead

At mile 24, I knew I was dead

At mile 26.2, I knew I was too tough to kill