FINAL QUOTES OF THE WEEK!

Here are some food for thought this week--Yes! The final week of all this craziness!

Motivation gives the first push, but you need persistence and self discipline to get to the finish line.

"Good things come slow - especially in distance running." - Bill Dellinger, Oregon coach

“If you set a goal for yourself and are able to achieve it, you have won your race. Your goal can be to come in first, to improve your performance, or just finish the race. It's up to you.”
-Dave Scott

“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 only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again."
- Erma Bombeck

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

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

"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

"Top results are reached only through pain. But eventually you like this pain. You'll find the more difficulties you have on the way, the more you will enjoy your success."
- Juha "the Curel Vaatainen

I tell our runners to divide the race into thirds. Run the first part with your head, the middle part with your personality, and the last part with your heart." - Mike Fanelli, club coach