Long distance running is particularly good training in perseverance. Votes: 2
Long distance running is 90% mental and the other half is physical. Votes: 2
In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be. Votes: 2
I enjoyed the discipline and solitariness of long-distance running, which allowed me to escape from the hurly-burly of school life. Votes: 2
In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance. Votes: 2
I guess I am basically most comfortable when I'm alone. As a kid, I was very much a loner. I love long distance running and long distance biking. A director once pointed out that those are all very isolated exercises you do for hours at a time. Votes: 2
And if any of you want some tips on running, don't be in a hurry, and never let any of the other runners know you are in a hurry even if you are. You can always overtake on long-distance running without letting others smell the hurry in you. Votes: 2
Of course, long-distance running has to do with the fact that we're hunters. Votes: 0
In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance Votes: 0
During long, slow distance training, you should think of yourself as a thoroughbred disguised as a plow horse. No need to give yourself away by running fast. Votes: 0
Once we get into the groove, we're kind of like long-distance runners - that adrenalin kicks in for me and I just keep running - and I don't stop! Votes: 0
We have these amazing gifts of music and mathematics and painting and Olympic running. I mean, we're the animal that is best of all the animals at long-distance running. Why? It is quite amazing. Superfluous gifts you don't really need to survive.
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started. Votes: 4 Henry Ward Beecher
I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity. Votes: 4 Edgar Allan Poe
Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part. Votes: 3 Mickey Mantle