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"LMAO best comment ever haha" - QuietRiot

"A certain amount of opposition can be of great help to a man- Kites rise against, not with the wind." - John Neal

"A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop." - Robert Hughes

"A good essay is 10% inspiration, 15% perspiration, and 75% desperation"

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." - Confucius

"A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must....be undaunted when the going gets tough." - Ronald Reagan

"A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do." - Bob Dylan

"A penny for your thoughts."

"A resolute determination is the truest wisdom." - Napoleon I

"A Wise Man can see more from the bottom of a well than a Fool can see from the top of a mountain."

"Access denied--nah nah na nah nah!"

"Alan Webb is the best thing to happen in this event, but professionals and collegiates don't want to lose to high school guys. I don't want to lose to no one." - Gabe Jennings, 1500 heat winner on the first day of USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon

"All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism."

"All winning teams are goal-oriented. Teams like these win consistently because everyone connected with them concentrates on specific objectives. They go about their business with blinders on; nothing will distract them from achieving their aims." - Lou Holtz, former Notre Dame football coach

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away."

"An unbreakable toy is useful for breaking other toys."

"Anything is possible. You can be told that you have a 90-percent chance or a 50-percent chance or a 1-percent chance, but you have to believe, and you have to fight." - Lance Armstrong

"Arguing on the internet is like competing in the special olympics; if you win, you're still retarded."

"At the end of the day, it's me versus the other guys. That's what keeps me going... " - Lance Armstrong

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation." -- John Wooden

"Bear in mind, if you are going to amount to anything, that your success does not depend upon the brilliancy and the impetuosity with which you take hold, but upon the everlasting and sanctified bull-doggedness with which you hang on after you have taken hold." - Dr. A. B. Meldrum

"Before I die, I want to discover the fountain of youth."

"Belief is the thermoststat that regulates all success." - Anonymous

"Blood is thicker than water."

"Blood is thicker than water."

"Blood's not thicker than money." -- Groucho Marx

"Breathe."

"Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them: A desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill." - Muhammad Ali

"Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years that they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance is merely the demonstration of their championship character." - T. Alan Armstrong

"Charlie don't take no R & R." - Robert Duval in Apocalypse Now

"Chew your food slowly."

"Coach, are we just playing for fun now?" - Question asked by a 12-year old baseball player when his team had time to play a couple more innings after a regular game had ended (from Bob Welch, Register Guard sports column, Sports culture loses its way).

"Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence." - Vince Lombardi

"Confronting and overcoming challenges is an exhilarating experience. It does something to feed the soul and the mind. It makes you more than you were before. It strengthens the mental muscles and enables you to become better prepared for the next challenge." - Jim Rohn

"Cowards never started and the weak died along the way." - Unknown pioneer reflecting on completing the long, hard trek known as The Oregon Trail.

"Dance Like There's No Tomorrow - Paula Abdul"

"Decision and determination are the engineer and fireman of our train to opportunity and success." - Burt Lawlor

"Determination is the wake-up call to the human will." - Anthony (Tony) Robbins

"Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price." - Vince Lombardi

"Dilbert's Words of Wisdom: You're slower than a herd of turtles stampeding through peanut butter."

"Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped."

"DO or DO NOT. There is no TRY" - Jedi Master Yoda (Star Wars)

"Do you believe in computer dating?" "Only if the computers really love each other." -- Groucho Marx

"Do your homework."

"Don't be an idiot. Ever."

"Don't buy your meat where you make your bread."

"Don't dip your pen in the company ink."

"Don't eat babies."

"Don't ever offer advice."

"Don't fish off the company pier."

"Don't get in cars with boys."

"Don't piss into the wind."

"Don't put all your eggs in one basket."

"Don't take life too seriously, nobody ever gets out alive."

"Dont give out your password."

"Don�t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself." - William Faulkner

"Enjoy your pain, you've earned it." - Anonymous

"Ethernet (n): something used to catch the etherbunny"

"Every day you have to test yourself. If you don't, it's a wasted day." - Terry Butts, Marine Corps Male Athlete of the Year

"Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn�t matter whether you�re a lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you�d better be running." - Anonymous

"Every morning is the dawn of a new error"

"Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle and a victory." - Mahatma Gandhi

"Everybody is looking for instant success, but it doesn't work that way. You build a successful life one day at a time." -- Lou Holtz

"Everybody kind of perceives me as being angry. It's not anger, it's motivation!" - Roger Clemens

"Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else." - Will Rogers

"Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer." -- Rick Pitino

"Excess, upon occasion can be exhilarating, because it prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit." - Somerset Maugham

"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward." - Vernon Law, Pitcher for the Pirates

"False hope is nicer than no hope at all."

"Fight one more round. When your arms are so tired that you can hardly lift your hands to come on guard, fight one more round. When your nose is bleeding and your eyes are black and you are so tired that you wish your opponent would crack you one on the jaw and put you to sleep, fight one more round - remembering that the man who always fights one more round is never whipped." - James Corbett

"Float like a butterfly. Sting like a bee. Your hands can't hit what your eyes can't see." - Muhammad Ali

"Follow your heart and not your head."

"Gardening Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant."

"Get the last word in: Apologize."

"Giving up was never an option." - Lance Armstrong

"Go out and conquer the world"

"GO OUTSIDE"

"Good judgment is the result of experience and experience is the result of bad judgment." - Anonymous

"Guys are like lava lamps there fun to look at just not so bright!"

"Hard training, easy combat; easy training, hard combat." - Russian General Marshal Suvorov

"Hard work, sacrifice and focus will never show up in tests" - Lance Armstrong

"Haste makes waste."

"He don't look like no high school dude." - Maurice Green talking about Alan Webb, a senior at South Lakes High School in Reston, Virginia, who during the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon, ran a 3:53.43 mile to break Jim Ryan's 36 year old national high school record (3:55.3), once thought to be untouchable.

"He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how." - Friedrich Nietzsche

"He's a well-balanced athlete; he has a chip on both shoulders." - Derek Redmond, on Linford Christie

"Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die."

"Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing."

"Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is the best defense."

"How bout them apples? - Matt Damon"

"How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?"

"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results." - Winston Churchill

"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." - Jesse Owens

"I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward." - Thomas Edison

"I become a happier man each time I suffer." - Lance Armstrong

"I can beat those guys on a mountain bike." - Lance Armstrong (Tour de France 2000 - when other riders were changing to lighter bikes on a climb)

"I don't believe in pessimism. - Clint Eastwood

"I don't drink or do drugs ...[long pause]... anymore. - KateReadsBooks"

"I don't like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don't like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it's essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you." - Wayne Gretzky

"I don't need to ride for the money, I do it because I love it and I would happily ride for nothing. I will be riding a bike in 10 years time because I feel better when I do exercise and I want to enjoy true good health. " - Lance Armstrong

"I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest." - Muhammad Ali

"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." - Thomas Jefferson

"I get to go to lots of overseas places, like Canada." - Britney Spears

"I grew up on a farm and I always learned when you work you go forward, you don't stop and say, well, I'll take a break. You always go forward and get the job done." - Rulon Gardner

"I hate losing at anything, whether it be cards, golf or whatever." - Lance Armstrong

"I have a God-given talent. I got it from my dad." - Julian Wakefield, Missouri basketball player

"I have met my hero, and he is me." - George Sheehan

"I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have." - Leonardo da Vinci, dying words, 1519

"I just run as hard as I can for 20 miles, and then race." - Steve Jones

"I learned about the strength you can get from a close family life. I learned to keep going, even in bad times. I learned not to despair, even when my world was falling apart. I learned that there are no free lunches. And I learned the value of hard work." - Lee Iacocca

"I like the glory of it afterward, but I hate it while I'm doing it." - Robbie Apple (on racing)

"I married your mother because I wanted children, imagine my disappointment when you came along." -- Groucho Marx

"I never bought an article of clothing because some famous athlete told me to, but, then, I never had a diamond in my ear, either." - Jim Murray, L.A. Times

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception." -- Groucho Marx

"I played six to 10 hours a day, every day, 90 days during the summer, and I'd do incredible things. I would dribble blindfolded in the house. I would take my basketball to bed with me, I'd lay there after my mother kissed and tucked me in, and I'd shoot the ball up in the air and say, 'Finger tip control, backspin, follow through.'" - Pete Maravich

"I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been." - Wayne Gretzky

"I still bother with runners I call hamburgers. They're never going to run any record times. But they can fulfill their own potential." - Bill Bowerman

"I was lucky. My grandmother stepped up for me and said she would take responsibility for me and a compassionate juvenile judge took a chance and gave me one. They were getting ready to send me away to do real time, but they sent me instead to a juvenile alternative day school. And I guess that was the beginning of my turnaround." - Bob Beamon, 1968 Olympic Gold medalist in long jump. World Record holder for 23 years; Olympic Record still stands for phenomenal leap in Mexico City; talking about his early juvenile delinquency and what turned him around.

"I was told over and over again that I would never be successful, that I was not going to be competitive and the technique was simply not going to work. All I could do was shrug and say 'We'll just have to see'. " - Dick Fosbury won an Olympic gold medal at the 1968 Mexico City Games after he invented a revolutionary high-jump technique.

"I'd gouge out my eyes if I couldn't look at you." - KateReadsBooks (on YouTube)

"I'm not as stupid as you think."

"I'm not dumb enough to be a goalie." - Brett Hull

"I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark." - Muhammad Ali

"I'm the most recognized and loved man that ever lived cuz there weren't no satellites when Jesus and Moses were around, so people far away in the villages didn't know about them." - Muhammad Ali

"I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners." - Sebastian Coe

"I've never been out of shape, but sometimes I'm in supreme shape." - Theresa Apple

"If a man does his best, what else is there?" - General George S. Patton

"If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again." - Terry Venables

"If I had stood at the free-throw line and thought about 10 million people watching me on the other side of the camera lens, I couldn't have made anything. So I mentally tried to put myself in a familiar place. I thought about all those times I shot free throws in practice and went through the same motion, the same technique that I had used thousands of times. You forget about the outcome. You know you are doing the right things. So you relax and perform." -- Michael Jordan

"If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?" - Vince Lombardi

"If it is to be, it is up to me." -- Frosty Westering

"If quitters never win, and winners never quit, then who is the fool who said, 'Quit while you're ahead?'"

"If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you." - Muhammad Ali

"If you can dream it, you can do it." -- Walt Disney

"If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize." - Muhammad Ali

"If you ever get a second chance in life for something, you've got to go all the way." - Lance Armstrong

"If you make one mistake, it can result in vasectomy." - John Rowland, Olympian, speaking about the steeplechase

"If you race merely for the tributes from others, you will be at the mercy of their expectations." - Scott Tinley

"If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want. Why? Because: (a) You'll burn all the calories you consume, (b) you deserve it, and (c) you'll be injured soon and back on a restricted diet anyway." - Don Kardong

"If you start to feel good during an ultra, don't worry you will get over it." - Gene Thibeault

"If you want breakfast in bed, sleep in the kitchen."

"If you want to be liked, get a dog." - Deborah Norville

"If you want to run, then run a mile. If you want to experience another life, run a marathon." - Emil Zatopek

"If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance." - Samuel Johnson

"Ignore your teeth and they will go away."

"In essence, you want to emulate me." - a very modest Jim Schultz.

"Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work." - Vince Lombardi

"It hurts up to a point and then it doesn't get any worse." - Ann Trason (World Record Holder at 100K, 50 miles, 100 miles)

"It is a sublime thing to suffer and be stronger." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious."

"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves." - William Shakespeare

"It is not MY fault that I never learned to accept responsibility!"

"It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it." - Brooks Johnson

"It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe." - Muhammad Ali

"It only hurt once, from beginning to end." - James Counsilman, College Swimming Coach (after swimming the English Channel at the age of 58). Counsilman got his start as a swimmer at the East St. Louis YMCA. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honor Coach in 1976.

"It was courage, faith, endurance and a dogged determination to surmount all obstacles that built this bridge." - John J. Watson

"It's a great satisfaction knowing that for a brief point in time you made a difference."

"It's a very funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it." - William Somerset Maugham

"It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it."

"It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am." - Muhammad Ali

"It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself." - Muhammad Ali

"It's not bragging if you can back it up." - Muhammad Ali

"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up." - Vince Lombardi

"It�s a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don�t quit when you're tired--you quit when the gorilla is tired." - Robert Strauss

"I�ll always be Number 1 to myself." - Moses Malone

"Last night I shot an elephant in my Pajamas and how he got in my pajamas I'll never know." -- Groucho Marx

"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired." - Jules Renard

"Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal." - Vince Lombardi

"Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself."

"Let sleeping dogs lie."

"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get." - Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks)

"Live clean and train hard." - JoeDom

"Look out for #1. Don't step in #2 either!"

"Many hands make light work."

"Measure twice, cut once...return to Home Depot"

"Mental toughness can take you to the top, and mental weakness straight to the bottom." - John Schiefer

"Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like muscles of the body." - Lynn Jennings

"More sweat in training, less blood in battle" - sign over a PT field at Ft. Benning, GA

"Most battles are won before they are fought" -- Sun Tzu

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

"My ass is great! :-)" - Theresa Apple

"My doctor recently told me that jogging could add years to my life. I think he was right. I feel ten years older already." - Milton Berle, Comedian

"My heart is going to explode. I'm NOT joking!" - Robbie Apple (after climbing the Hawthorne Trail)

"My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character." - Charles Barkley on hearing Tonya Harding proclaim herself the Charles Barkley of figure skating.

"My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world." - Muhammad Ali

"Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway."

"Never trust anyone!"

"No bastard ever won a war dying for his country. You win a war by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." - General George Patton

"No doubt a brain and some shoes are essential for marathon success, although if it comes down to a choice, pick the shoes. More people finish marathons with no brains than with no shoes." - Don Kardong

"No Drugs. No Drinking. No Smoking. No Cursing." - Sign posted at entrance to boxing trainer Mack Lewis's gym.

"No man is entirely worthless, he can always serve as a bad example." - Brian Oldfield, smoking cigarettes between his shot puts.

"No negative thoughts cross my mind on race day. When I look into their eyes, I know I'm going to beat them." - Danny Harris

"No, I never did get lost, but I was bewildered for three days once." - Daniel Boone

"Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated purpose." - Benjamin Disraeli

"Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so." - Charles De Gaulle

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan press on has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race." - Calvin Coolidge

"Nothing is impossible to a willing heart."

"Now there's a man with an open mind - you can feel the breeze from here!" -- Groucho Marx

"Now you see me, now you don't. George thinks he will, but I know he won't!" - Muhammad Ali taunting George Foreman

"Objects may be closer than they appear."

"Obstacles are those freightening things that become visible when we take our eyes off our goals." - Henry Ford

"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it." - Michael Jordon

"On training for the TdF: I rode, and I rode, and I rode. I rode like I had never ridden, punishing my body up and down every hill I could find....I rode when no one else would ride, not even my teammates..." - Lance Armstrong

"Once someone asked me what pleasure I got out of riding my bike for so long. "Pleasure?" I asked. "I don't understand the question. I didn't do it for pleasure. I did it for pain"." - Lance Armstrong

"One cannot consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar." - Helen Keller

"One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team." - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NBA Center

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein

"Our bodies are our gardens - our wills are our gardeners" - William Shakespeare

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." -- Groucho Marx

"Patience will come to those who wait for it."

"People can't understand why a man runs. They don't see any sport in it, argue that it lacks the sight-thrill of body contact, the color of rough conflict. Yet the conflict is there, more raw and challenging than any man versus man competition. In track it is man against himself, the cruelest of all opponents. The other runners are not the real enemies. His adversary lies deep within him, in his ability, with brain and heart, to control and master himself and his emotions." - Glenn Cunningham

"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." - Vince Lombardi

"Perseverance: is not a long race; it is many short races one after another." - Walter Elliott

"Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. The relationship between the soundness of the body and the activities of the mind is subtle and complex. Much is not yet understood. But we do know what the Greeks knew: that intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong; that hardy spirits and tough minds usually inhabit sound gods." - John F. Kennedy

"Pressure is nothing more than the shadow of great opportunity." - Michael Johnson

"Remember, the second most important thing to choosing the right shoe, is choosing the left one." - High school coach to his runners

"Rightie tightie, leftie loosey."

"Rome was not built in a day."

"Self-conquest is the greatest of victories." - Anonymous

"Several years ago I developed a training method I call the extended taper. I started out by buying a stupid book about how to make you faster. It had this insane training program, with double sessions and high hard mileage. I struggled to follow the routine for an entire summer intending to explode onto the fall racing scene. First race was in the beginning of September where I ran slightly slower than the year before. Completely discouraged I stopped running entirely, however I still was signed up for several more races. At each of those races I ran faster and faster with my best time coming a full two months after no training at all. This being hugely successful, I decided that I had hit upon the secret and did no training for the rest of the winter, thus the extended taper was born. I did find that this led to the extended stomach as my food consumption was not on taper. There is a limit to how far you can extend the taper as eventually I gained 15 pounds and it took from March to September to get back in shape." - Coach Dave

"She got her good looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon." -- Groucho Marx

"Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time." - Lou Brock

"Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity." - Lou Holtz

"Significant problems you face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." - Albert Einstein

"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer." - Muhammad Ali

"Sit by the homely girl, you'll look better by comparison." - Debra Maffett, Miss America 1983

"Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible." - Doug Larson

"Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs."

"Some running is good, more is better, and too much is just enough." - Anonymous

"Sometimes there just aren't enough rocks." - Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks)

"Somewhere in the world someone is training when you are not. When you race him, he will win." - Tom Fleming

"Spectacular achievements come from unspectacular preparation." -- Roger Staubach

"Sports Do Not Build Character...They Reveal It" - John Wooden

"Start slow, then taper off." - Walt Stack

"Stay in school."

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." - Mahatma Gandhi

"Suburbia - where they cut down trees and name streets after them."

"Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom." - General George Patton

"Success is just a matter of luck-just ask any failure." - Zig Ziglar

"Superficial goals lead to superficial results." - Attila the Hun

"Support bacteria. They're the only culture some people have.

"Sweat cleanses from the inside. It comes from places a shower will never reach." - Dr. George Sheehan

"Tennis was given to me not to become a great player and a world champion. Tennis was given to me to keep me off the street corners of east St. Louis." - Jimmy Connors

"The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual." -- Vince Lombardi

"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will." - Vince Lombardi

"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination." - Tommy Lasorda

"The doctors X-rayed my head and found nothing." - Dizzy Dean after being hit on the head by a ball in the 1934 World Series.

"The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement."

"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses�behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights." - Muhammad Ali

"The future will be better tomorrow. - Dan Quayle"

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one."

"The gun goes off and everthing changes... the world changes... and nothing else really matters." - Patti Sue Plummer

"The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between the great and the insignificant, its energy - invincible determination - a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory." - Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton

"The man in the arena... who at best knows the triumphs of high achievement and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place will never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." - President Teddy Roosevelt

"The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win." - Roger Bannister

"The man who has no imagination has no wings." - Muhammad Ali

"The marathon can humble you." - Bill Rodgers

"The moon is made of a green cheese."

"The more I talk to athletes, the more convinced I become that the method of training is relatively unimportant. There are many ways to the top, and the training method you choose is just the one that suits you best. No, the important thing is the attitude of the athlete, the desire to get to the top." - Herb Elliot

"The more the merrier."

"The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth."

"The only easy day was yesterday." - U.S. Navy Seal Motto

"The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck." - Channing Pollock

"The only way to define your limits is by going beyond them." - Anonymous

"The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment." - William W. Ward

"The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand." - Vince Lombardi

"The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand." - Vince Lombardi

"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor." - Vince Lombardi

"The quicker you get there, the shorter the pain." - From James Waddington's Bad to the Bone

"The Rope a Dope would not have existed without the Big Dope." - George Foreman, on his role in the Rumble in the Jungle

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

"The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up."

"The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur." - Vince Lombardi

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The whole world is going to hell and I'm driving the bus."

"The will to run is not as nearly as important as the will to prepare." - Anonymous

"The will to win means nothing if you haven't the will to prepare." - Juma Ikangaa, 1989 NYC Marathon winner

"The woods are lovely dark and deep, but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep." - Robert Frost

"The world is big and you are not"

"There are clubs you can't belong to, neighborhoods you can't live in, schools you can't get into, but the roads are always open.'" - Nike

"There are two kinds of pedestrians -- the quick and the dead."

"There is a difference between conceit and confidence. A quarterback has to have confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done. I have always believed that I could get the job done." -- Johnny Unitas

"There is no coming to consciousness without pain." - Carl Jung

"There is no I in TEAM." - Unknown

"There is no one alive I can't beat." - Bobby Fischer, 1961, Chess Champion

"There's nobody you'd rather beat than your good friend." - Charles Barkley, about playing against Michael Jordan, 1993.

"There's one thing I always wanted to do before I quit...retire!" -- Groucho Marx

"There's only one way to find out if a man is honest...ask him. If he says 'yes,' you know he is a crook." -- Groucho Marx

"Things always work out for the best."

"This is my body. And I can do whatever I want to it. I can push it. Study it. Tweak it. Listen to it. Everybody wants to know what I'm on. What am I on? I'm on my bike busting my ass six hours a day. What are you on?" - Lance Armstrong

"Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others." -- Groucho Marx

"Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it." -Michael Johnson's trainer

"Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me." - Said Aouita

"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." -- Groucho Marx

"Time wounds all heels." -- Groucho Marx

"To a runner, a side stich is like a car alarm. It signifies something is wrong, but you ignore it until it goes away." - Anonymous

"To be afraid is a priceless education." - Lance Armstrong

"To believe, when all along we humans know that nothing can cure the briefness of this life, that there is no remedy for our basic mortality, that is a form of bravery....... So I believed." - Lance Armstrong

"To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first." - William Shakespeare

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift." - Steve Prefontaine

"To measure the man, measure his heart." - Malcolm Stevenson Forbes

"To thine own self be true." - William Shakespeare

"Tough times don't last but tough people do." - A.C. Green

"Train to near death, rest, repeat." - Anonymous

"Trample the weak. Hurdle the dead." - Anonymous

"Treat others how you wish to be treated."

"Wash your hands after using the toilet."

"We can blaze! Become legends in our own time, strike fear in the heart of mediocre talent everywhere! We can scald dogs, put records out of reach! Make the stands gasp as we blow into an unearthly kick from three hundred yards out! We can become God's own messengers delivering the dreaded scrolls! We can race dark Satan himself till he wheezes fiery cinders down the back straightaway! They'll speak our names in hushed tones,'Those guys are animals' they'll say! We can lay it on the line, bust a gut, show them a clean pair of heels. We can sprint the turn on a spring breeze and feel the winter leave our feet!" - John L. Parker, Jr.

"We can't all be heroes because someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by." - Will Rogers

"We know what we are, but know not what we may become." - William Shakespeare

"We will either find a way or make one." - Hannibal

"We will go to the moon. We will go to the moon and do other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard." - John F. Kennedy, Jr.

"We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible." - Vince Lombardi

"We're all going to learn a lot and grow. - KateReadsBooks"

"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

"What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it." - Alexander Graham Bell

"When I did this three years ago, it was like death. When I did it last year, it was like near death. This year, it was just really hard." - John Howie, wheelchair athlete, describing his Charlotte Observer 10k races from 1990 - 1993.

"When I played with Michael Jordan on the Olympic team, there was a huge gap between his ability and the ability of the other great players on that team. But what impressed me was that he was always the first one on the floor and the last one to leave." -- Steve Alford

"When I race my mind is full of doubts - who wil finish second, who will finish third?" - Noureddine Morceli

"When I was growing up, there were two things that were unpopular in my house. One was me, and the other was my guitar." - Bruce Springsteen

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on." - President Teddy Roosevelt

"When you stand on the victory stand, you must be able to ask yourself: 'Did I win this medal?'" - Kip Keino, Olympic gold medalist in the 1500 and the 3000 meter steeplechase, from a speech urging young athletes not to use performance enhancing drugs.

"Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again."

"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart." - Confucius

"Winners never quit and quitters never win." - Vince Lombardi

"Winning is about having the whole team on the same page" -- Bill Walton

"Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing." - Vince Lombardi

"Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is." - Vince Lombardi

"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." - Vince Lombardi

"Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise." - Muhammad Ali

"Without ice cream there would be darkness and chaos." - Don Kardong

"Worrying will not solve anything. Don't stress about what you cannot change, and focus on what you can."

"Yes folks, their gold medal looks the same as everybody elses." - Bob Costas, NBC Sports Commentator's comment after watching Olympic Rhythmic Gymnastics competition.

"You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can." - Jimmy Carter

"You can lead a fool to wisdom but you can't make him think."

"You cannot get to the top by sitting on your bottom."

"You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back." - Anonymous

"You guys line up alphabetically by height." - Bill Peterson, Florida State football coach

"You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming." - Frank Shorter

"You know, I always told you boys that sports aren't important...but they are." - Martin to sons, Niles and Frasier Crane (from television's Frasier).

"You miss 100% of the shots you never take." - Wayne Gretzky

"You never fail, you simply produce results. Learn from these." - Anonymous

"You only have 1 life... don't waste it!"

"You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life." - Pete Rose

"Youth does not mind where it sets its foot."

"Youth is wasted on the young."

Pedro: Do you think people will vote for me?
Napoleon: Heck yes! I'd vote for you.
Pedro: Like what are my skills?
Napoleon: Well, you have a sweet bike. And you're really good at hooking up with chicks. Plus you're like the only guy at school who has a mustache.
- from the movie Napoleon Dynamite

George W. Bush: There's an old saying in Tennessee. I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee, that says: "Fool me once...�
George W. Bush: [pause]
George W. Bush: "... shame on...�.
George W. Bush: [pause]
George W. Bush: "Shame on you...�
George W. Bush: [pause]
George W. Bush: "If fooled, you can't get fooled again."

Since I have been feeling remarkably well mid season, I thought I would share some of my secrets. I hope this is helpful.

When your body is trying to tell you something, Ignore it.
If your feeling like you just need a rest, get over it and suck it up.
Aches and pains are normal, run through it.
If something just doesn't feel right, don't think about it.
There is no such thing as over training, it's a word frequently used by lazy underperforming athletes.
Those days when you feel like your body is breaking down, this is when you push harder.
Lack of sleep is no excuse for a crappy workout, there will be plenty of time for sleep someday.
When you feel like you need a day off, you don't. What you need is an attitude adjustment.
If you are being told not to run, do not listen. This includes doctors, mothers and friends.
Never listen to doctors, this is frequently the advice of lazy non athletic people who clearly read too much.
Running gear is not important, time spent shopping is time that could be used training. If your shoes have been performing well for 1,000 miles why mess with it.
Never use the "recovery" excuse after a race. Your body will be fine, trust me. Train harder.
Hydration and nutrition are luxuries, hunger and thirst will motivate you to train harder.

- Dan Damascus

Age and treachery will always out do youth and skill.

Always remember, when the enemy is in range -- so are you.

Bob Porter: Looks like you've been missing a lot of work lately.
Peter Gibbons: I wouldn't say I've been *missing* it, Bob.
- from the movie: Office Space

Cyril: Hey! Are you really gonna shave your legs?
Dave: Certo! All the Italians do it.
Mike: Ah. Some country. The women don't shave theirs.
- from the movie Breaking Away

Cyril: I sure miss playing basketball. I got depressed as hell when my athlete's foot and jock itch went away.
- from the movie Breaking Away

Dad: God-damned see-thru coffee!
Mom: He was very sickly until he started riding around on that bicycle.
Dad: Yeah... well... now his body's fine, but his mind is gone.
- from the movie Breaking Away

Dad: He's never tired. He's never miserable.
Mom: He's young.
Dad: When I was young I was tired and miserable.
- from the movie Breaking Away

Dad: I didn't want you to be this miserable. A little bit's all I asked for.
- from the movie Breaking Away

Dad: No, I don't feel lucky to be alive! I feel lucky I'm not dead. There's a difference.
- from the movie Breaking Away

Dad: What are we gonna do about him?
Mom: I don't know dear. We could always strangle him while he's asleep.
- from the movie Breaking Away

Dad: What is this?
Mom: It's sauteed zucchini.
Dad: It's I-tey food. I don't want no I-tey food.
Mom: It's not. I got it at the A&P. It's like... squash.
Dad: I know I-tey food when I hear it! It's all them "eenie" foods... zucchini... and linguini... and fettuccine. I want some American food, dammit! I want French fries!
- from the movie Breaking Away

Dave: Buon giorno, papa!
Dad: I'm not "papa." I'm your god-damned father.
- from the movie Breaking Away

Dave: Did you ever go to confession?
Moocher: Twice.
Dave: Did it make you feel better?
Moocher: Once.
- from the movie Breaking Away

Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin.

Don't lead if you don't know where you're going.

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle I no longer despair for the human race.

It's not the years in the life that matter - it's the life in the years.

Life is like a movie. And in the end, make sure it's worth watching. - DiGiTiLsOuL

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming -- WOW--What a ride!!!

Mike: That's the place to be right there, Wyoming! Nothin' but prairies and mountains and nobody around. All you need is your bed roll and a good horse.
Cyril: Don't forget your toothbrush! You're still in your cavity-prone years.
- from the movie Breaking Away

Mom: What's the matter?
Dad: He's shavin'.
Mom: Well... so what?
Dad: ...his legs.
- from the movie Breaking Away

Moocher: Hey, come on in, Dave.
Dave: Nah, I read where this Italian coach said its no good to go swimmin' right after a race.
Mike: Who's swimmin'? I'm takin' a leak.
- from the movie Breaking Away

No matter how tough you think you are, the previous generation is tougher, they grew up in tougher times and the world gets softer with each generation, so hit first and hit often, because if he hits first you're finished.

Only Bikers understand why dogs love to stick their heads out car windows.

Peter Gibbons: Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms and listening to eight different bosses drone on about about mission statements. - from the movie Office Space

Peter Gibbons: The thing is, Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.
Bob Porter: Don't... don't care?
Peter Gibbons: It's a problem of motivation, all right? Now if I work my ass off and Initech ships a few extra units, I don't see another dime; so where's the motivation? And here's something else, Bob: I have eight different bosses right now.
Bob Slydell: I beg your pardon?
Peter Gibbons: Eight bosses.
Bob Slydell: Eight?
Peter Gibbons: Eight, Bob. So that means that when I make a mistake, I have eight different people coming by to tell me about it. That's my only real motivation is not to be hassled; that, and the fear of losing my job. But you know, Bob, that will only make someone work just hard enough not to get fired.
- from the movie Office Space

The best pace is suicide pace; and todays a good day to die! Spencer Pero

The older I get, the faster I was.

[Dave crosses himself on learning of Team Cinzano's imminent arrival]
Mom: Oh, Dave, try not to become Catholic on us.
- from the movie Breaking Away

"Breathe."