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Track Quotes Continued

December 28, 2009 By 5 Comments

Cal Rising Stars Margeaux Jones and her loving Track Mom

 

I have received some great running quotes over the pass few months and as we look forward  to the New Year and the 2010  Outdoor Track  Season, just 3 or so months away, I though I would update you all on the quotes received and the  new entries to  TrackMom’s “Hall of Fame Track and Field Quotes” 

I have always loved since I was a child writing down quotes of inspiration to encourage myself and to help me continue to look forward. Many of these are just that …Pure inspiration others, are just funny t-shirt saying to poke fun or to make a point. All of them are fun to read so here goes.

The latest installment of “Track Quotes”. Please keep them coming I read every single one of them as they come in personally. The quotes with an asterisk are some of my fav’s. 

 

Your greatest competitor in a race, is yourself.

We don’t need wings to fly.

Pain is temporary… but quiting is forever.

The faster you get to the finish, the sooner your pain goes away…

Baby got track! *

If you want to limit yourself, that’s fine. but don’t let other people do it for you.

Track is different than any other sport. it is the only one that requires two  ____instead of one ’ :- )

Throw with your heart.

There is no “Y” in running.

A good friend will be cheering you on at the end of a race, but a best friend will be in the lane next to you fighting you for 1st!*

If you have to ask why we run, then you will never understand when your legs get tired, let your heart do the restI run so I can eat more.

Practice like you’re second, race like you’re first.*

 

Previous Entries

  • She is a Beast
  • That was tasty!
  • Nothing but the truth
  • Speed Demon
  • Simply “Untouchable”
  • The 400m meters, only the strong survive
  • If we played tag, you’d be it forever”
  • 400m is the new 100m *
  • Losing is a temporary location winning is an unending  journey
  • The pride you gain is worth the pain
  • We train on the black so we can win on the Blue ( FYI Drake stadium  has a blue track)
  • Trample the weak, hurdle the dead
  •  Pain is weakness leaving the body
  • The talent to be a great runner is a gift from God; utilizing that talent is a gift from you to yourself
  • If you are willing to say you can’t, you might as well go home!
  • All it takes is all you’ve got
  • Every runner has excuses, but a champion never uses them
  • Only a runner doesn’t smile at the word fartlek
  • Pain is temporary, pride is forever
  • I play the game, I play it smart. My energy comes straight from the heart. I use my head, I use my feet. Don’t mess with me, I’m 100% athlete.
  • A runner’s addiction is never sufficed
  • Losing to someone better than you is inevitable. Losing because you didn’t try hard enough is optional.
  • There is no I in team, but there’s a U in suck!  (I heard a kid tell another one of his friends that one)
  • It’s rude to count people as you pass, out loud!
  • We run ours off so we can kick yours
  • Some people ask why I run so fast…well what do you do when you hear a gun?
  • Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal *
  • Never settle for less than your best
  • It’s what you do when the coach isn’t around that makes you a champion *
  • To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift 
  •  Real athletes run, others just play games
  • Some people run a race to see who’s the fastest, I run to see who has the most guts.” – Pre *
  • “Champions are made when no one is watching.” – Aneurys Santos
  • “Obstacles are the things we see when we take our eyes off our goals”
  • *Confidence is contagious- so is a lack of confidence. *
  • I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle – victorious.
  • You can’t coach heart, you can never coach desire, they must always come from within. Rules may be learned, and skill developed, But you cannot be taught the will to win. You must reach a little deeper to bring out your best, you must be your own motivation. Keep going, Never Quit, You have to find a reason. You are your own strength, Your own Motivation
  • If you can accept losing, you can’t win. *
  • *Success demands singleness of purpose.*

    • More to Come in 2010

    TrackMom

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    Comments

    1. Brooke's Mom says:
      December 29, 2009 at 11:58 am

      In a half marathon race a women was wearing a shirt that read on the back “Race Official, Don’t pass” …..I thought that was funny!

      Reply
    2. Douglas Ries says:
      December 31, 2009 at 10:07 am

      Some great quotes here I am going to use some on the team.

      Reply
    3. Rachel says:
      January 9, 2010 at 1:17 pm

      hey i have another quote. these are cute too. Im in 8th grade and the 8th graders get to order team shirts so we might put this “Our sport is your sports punishment”

      Reply
    4. miracle says:
      March 22, 2010 at 10:01 am

      that was so good it touched me and a spical way

      Reply
    5. Edgar Whillock says:
      May 24, 2010 at 8:11 pm

      Heard one of my pole vaulters say this after he cleared a personal record – GET Bent

      Reply
    6. Judy says:
      February 18, 2011 at 12:05 pm

      Here’s one I made up for my sons 7th grade cross country team about 6 years ago! ANY ONE CAN PLAY THE GAME AND WIN, BUT IT TAKES A DEDICATED ATHLETE TO KEEP THE PACE THAT WINS THE RACE. enjoy

      Reply

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