Under every layer of pain, another layer of recovery lies in wait, the sweet, forever surprising truth of endurance.

Right before you head out running, it can be hard to remember exactly why you’re doing it. You often have to override a nagging sense of futility, lacing up your shoes, telling yourslef that no...

Stay poised. We knew they were going to get up. We just figured if we stick together, keep running our offense and don’t get rattled, we could still come out with a win.

The words of the social critic Eric Hoffer were ringing true: “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and turns into a racket.

In sitcom school they tell you how great it is to have a long-running show, but they don’t tell you how hard it is to say goodbye.

Nineteen laps to go, running for a million bucks, you’re going to do every little trick in the trade and everything you know how to do to try and win the race, … Mark outsmarted...

Great achievers are willing to die as hatrick dream scorers rather than to live as disappointed spectators! They keep the running to make it happen!

His name was Chase, so of course I ran after him. I wasn’t stalking, I was giving name.

And while these pounds were being shed, while the physiological miracles were occurring with the heart and muscle and metabolism, psychological marvels were taking place as well. Just so, the world over, bodies, minds, and...

He was adamant about doing everything to get back quickly. He’s not 100 percent healthy. The running aspect, he might not be able to fully extend himself that way. Defensively, it isn’t a problem.

Long Distance training can be a positive & constructive form of selfishness. After all, once you’re at the starting line, you’re there by yourself. No one can run a single step for you. No one...

This has been a very dry winter. Normally we’d see snow melting from the hills and running into the streams.

Seriously, everything I did was from teammates — getting offensive rebounds, running up and down the court. Guys were looking for me; I wasn’t doing anything special. It just feels so great to get this...

CARE – Commitment Attitude Respect Effort

We’re not ready to start him running.

We’ve had less regimented running, but our volume of training has significantly increased.

I dream about running all the time.

I think they have a really good running back, and they have a few quarterbacks that both offer a variety of things. The quarterbacks have different skills that account for a wide variety of things....

She’s strong, and she’s clever. And she’s still not running at full speed.

In an era when man can no longer dash out of his cave and slay a mammoth, he simply slips on his Lycra and goes for a run.

At halftime, we talked about settling down, and running some of our stuff. We were so tight. But we came out and scored on quite a few possessions in a row. That gave us momentum....

She made one of the best catches I have ever seen. It was an over-the-shoulder catch running toward the fence. She also had another very good catch. She played very well defensively.

Mr. Schlubb, the pear-shaped PE teacher, sent us all out to run half a dozen laps around a preposterously enormous cinder track. For the Greenwood kids—all of us white, marshmallowy, innately unphysical, squinting unfamiliarly in...

I’m not worried about pitchers, but I have some concerns about Mo. Guys will be running 90 feet, throwing long, going all out. Yes, you have some anxieties.

I often lose motivation, but it’s something I accept as normal.

We’re running like a thoroughbred now.

But if you can find that spot – I suppose it’s like running – I used to be a swimmer and swim laps, and you just have to be there with what you’re doing.

We knew we had a running game, but you have to give those guys up front and [assistant] coach Dan Gull credit. We believe we can run the football.

I am thrilled to be 31, still running and having my daughter watch me even if it is on TV.

I’m a running coach and I am going to continue to run, but I would hope that we are better defensively.

If you schlep a shit job everyday, keep and feed a little secret life–whether it’s writing, art, running, music, your thoughts. It’s yours.

The traditional approach to an unknown risk is avoidance.

There are three reasons I failed. Not enough training. Not enough training. And not enough training.

Their hearts, lost in thought, slowly tick away time. When we pass each other on the road, we listen to the rhythm of each other’s breathing, and sense the way the other person is ticking...

It could be worse, … I’m already kind of running around and jumping. They kind of said to me ‘Just see how you feel.’

I think everybody expects a big year out of our running game. We’re still going to throw the ball, but our bread and butter is the running game. It always has been, even though we’re...

Cassidy’s heart tried to leap out through his taught skin and hop into his wet hands. But outwardly it was all very calm, very serene, just as always, and it seemed to last a tiny...

There are some people who think runners are snobs. These people are called non-runners. And they’re right, of course. There is a certain hubris you develop when you do things no one else does.

We executed the offense much better in the second half. We were a little tight. We had guys just running around and not getting to spots.

We thought we were running away from the grownups, and now we are the grownups.

She has good-eye hand coordination, an she’s quick running-wise.

Avoid running at all times.

I just feel bad for him. He’s a great athlete and a great running back. He’s helped me so much since I got here, and I just want to do what I can to make...

As I look at the landscape, I see some big dinosaurs. And you’ve got all these little mammals running around.

Of course, we all go through our own experiences. If we do not push ourselves enough, we do not grow, but if we push ourselves too much, we regress. What is enough will change, depending...

Athletes need to enjoy their training. They don’t enjoy going down to the track with a coach making them do repetitions until they’re exhausted. From enjoyment comes the will to win.

There was a sound of steel meeting steel. Devin flung a desperate look over his shoulder, saw Hewet fending off two men behind him, and looked ahead in time to see ten men in light...

They say a good love is one that sits you down, gives you a drink of water, and pats you on top of the head. But I say a good love is one that casts...

Distance running was revered because it was indispensable; it was the way we survived and thrived and spread across the planet. You ran to eat and to avoid being eaten; you ran to find a...

I used to think that life was only about progress, getting to a destination, the final outcome. But this isn’t quite right. Life is more of a process, and as much as goals are important,...