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I run with my head, my heart and my guts, because physically, I don't think I've got a great deal of talent or ability. I started at the bottom and worked up.

Steve Jones, former marathon world record holder

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

Steve Prefontaine

Most people run a race to see who is fastest. I run a race to see who has the most guts.

Steve Prefontaine

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them—a desire, a dream, a vision.

Muhammad Ali

You only ever grow as a human being if you're outside your comfort zone.

Percy Cerutty

What matters is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

Albert Einstein

There is no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.

Bill Bowerman

But if you never try you'll never know,

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