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“If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your first day or if you've been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run.”
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“There is something magical about running; after a certain distance, it transcends the body. Then a bit further, it transcends the mind. A bit further yet, and what you have before you, laid bare, is the soul.”
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“In teaching your child, do not forget that suffering is good too. It makes a person rich in character.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you'll be successful.”
― The Secret to Success
― The Secret to Success
“...the real purpose of running isn’t to win a race. It’s to test the limits of the human heart.”
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