• “”It ain’t how hard you can hit, It’s how hard you can get hit and keep going forward.” – Rocky Balboa
  • “Crawl before walk; walk before jog; jog before run; run before sprint.” – Chuckie V
  • “It hurts up to a point and then it doesn’t get any worse.” – Ann Trason
  • “I’ve always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners.” – Sebastian Coe
  • “What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof.” – Christopher Hitchens.
  • “Until you can do the training required to achieve your athletic goals, the structure of your training doesn’t matter.” – Gordo Byrn
  • “The water is your friend … you don’t have to fight with water, just share the same spirit as the water, and it will help you move” – Alexander Popov
  • “It never gets easier, you just go faster.” – Greg LeMond
  • “Marathoning is like cutting yourself unexpectedly. You dip into the pain so gradually that the damage is done before you are aware of it. Unfortunately, when the awareness comes, it is excruciating.” – John Farrington
  • “You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can’t know what’s coming.” – Frank Shorter