George A. Sheehan

“The more I run, the more I want to live.”

“Of all the races, there is no better stage for heroism than a marathon.”

“Have you ever felt worse after a run?”

“Sweat is the cologne of accomplishment.”

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

“Success is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall.”

“It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.”

“Listen to your body. Do not be a blind and deaf tenant.”

“We are all an experiment of one.”

“My sport is my art.”

“The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.”

“The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life.”

“The difference between a jogger and a runner is an entry blank.”

“Fitness is a stage you pass through. You don't just get it and then you're done.”

“If you don't have a challenge, find one.”

“Out on the roads, there is fitness and self-discovery and the persons we were destined to be.”

“The body is a source of revelation.”

“We are born to be athletes. We are born to be heroes.”

“There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But I don't think about why I run. I just run.”

“Every mile is two miles. The first mile is the one you do with your legs and the second mile is the one you do with your mind.”