Jill Angie > Quotes

“It doesn’t matter how many times you start over, as long as you do. Running will always be there for you, and with it, your self-assurance. You can always begin again. It is never, ever too late. To quote John Bingham, “The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.”
― Jill Angie, Running with Curves: Why You’re Not Too Fat to Run, and the Skinny on How to Start Today

“Martin Luther King, Jr. once said “You don’t have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step.”
― Jill Angie, Running with Curves: Why You’re Not Too Fat to Run, and the Skinny on How to Start Today

“During your first week as a runner, you might run thirty second intervals interspersed with ninety seconds of walking, but after a few workouts, you’ll realize you can double that time to a full minute—a 100% increase in performance. A week or two later you’re running two or three minutes at a time, doubling your endurance yet again.”
― Jill Angie, Running with Curves: Why You’re Not Too Fat to Run, and the Skinny on How to Start Today

“Instead of searching outwardly for a reflection of what makes you a person of value—your size, appearance, clothes, or the balance in your bank account—you must start believing you are a creature of value merely because you exist. That no matter what anyone else thinks, you matter. You are beautiful, fabulous and amazing exactly as you are this very moment.”
― Jill Angie, Running with Curves: Why You’re Not Too Fat to Run, and the Skinny on How to Start Today