Funny Quotes

I’m going to go out a winner if I have to find a high school race to win my last race.

I always loved running – it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

Running is my church.

I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and I’m damned if I’m going to use up mine running up and down a street.

It hurts up to a point and then it doesn’t get any worse.

You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can’t know what’s coming.

I’ve always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners.

We can’t all be heroes because someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.

Running is a big question mark that’s there each and every day. It asks you, ‘Are you going to be a wimp or are you going to be strong today?

A lot of people run a race to see who’s the fastest. I run to see who has the most guts.

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.

I failed to make the chess team because of my height.

Sure, there have been deaths and injuries in boxing, but none of them serious.

Of course I have played outdoor games. I once played dominoes in an open air cafe in Paris.