One More Step: 638 Quotations for Runners to Entertain and Inspire You

by Randy L. Thurman

“Sometimes you need that little extra motivation from others who have been there. This book can push you that extra mile!”
–Amby Burfoot, author of The Runner's Guide to the Meaning of Life

One More Step is an engaging collection of the best quotations from world-class runners, coaches, celebrities, philosophers, and everyday people with wisdom, inspiration, or a bit of humor to share. Together, they’re sure to entertain you and help you find the motivation to head out the door and down the road to your next great run. Here are a few

No matter how slow I run, I’m still faster than my couch.
–Anonymous

Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.
–Steve Prefontaine

There are clubs you can’t belong to, neighborhoods you can’t live in, schools you can’t get into, but the roads are always open.
–Nike ad

The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.
–John Bingham

207 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 28, 2024

About the author

I started out in banking in the mid 80s in Oklahoma City. I had saved up $6500 from college and had a stock broker call me up. He had a stock that was "poised to move." Silly me, I thought he meant up. I told him to send me the financials to analyze, which he did. It looked pretty good. I invested half my life savings ($3000) in a stock called Kelly-Johnsons. In 6 months, I lost it all. He called and apologized and said he "wanted to make it up to me." What a guy. He said he had an oil stock, they just hit a well, and we got to move fast. I invested the other half of my life savings in Plano petroleum. In 2 weeks it went from 40 to 6.

It was then, I became obsessed with financial planning and investing. Reading everything I could, taking classes, etc. I acquired a passion for financial planning and became and advisor, in 1987.

I have 4 degrees, two from Oklahoma State. A BS in Electrical Engineering, and an MBA. I have two associates degrees from Oklahoma City Community College, in Accounting and Real Estate Investing. Since the start of my sophomore year I paid my way through college.

I'm a CPA and CFP and run a fee-only investment advisory firm for conservative investors.

Pati, Levi and I live in South Oklahoma City and have a place in Stillwater. We enjoy Oklahoma State University sports and spending time in Stillwater.