I started running at age seventy-two because I was tired of all the boring talk about funerals. —Ruth Rothfarb, marathon runner at age eighty-one

Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop. —The King, from Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

The victory of each run, the victory of each race, has nothing to do with winning or losing. It has nothing to do with finishing a run or a race that truly shouldn’t be finished. It has to do with learning how to be who you honestly are, at every moment. —John Bingham

Never go two days without running. —Hal Higdon, runner and writer

It’s clear to me now that I’ll never have a runner’s body, no matter how many miles I run. Instead I’m concentrating on having a runner’s soul.

If you want to be healthy—run. If you want to be handsome—run. If you want to be smart—run. —Ancient Greek aphorism

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. —Aristotle

Randy L. Thurman I run for myself and for those who depend on me. I run for those who can’t and for great causes. I run for those who can but need encouragement. I run because someday I won’t be able to, and On that day, I hope and pray someone will run for me.

Running teaches us that the only time we have is now. —John Bingham