"The runner's greatest asset, apart from essential fitness of body, is a cool and calculating brain allied to confidence and courage." - Franz Stampfl, running coach and author
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." - ARISTOTLE
"Running long and hard is an ideal antidepressant, since it's hard to run and feel sorry for yourself at the same time. Also, there are those hours of clearheadedness that follow a long run." - MONTEDAVIS
"If you become restless, speed up. If you become winded, slow down. You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlessness and exhaustion." - ROBERT PIRSIG
"Play not only keeps us young but also maintains our perspective about the relative seriousness of things. Running is play, for even if we try hard to do well at it, it is a relief from everyday cares." - JIM FIXX
"It is the illusion that we can go no faster that holds us back." - KENNY MOORE
