"If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you." - Fred DeVito

"If your dreams don't scare you, they aren't big enough." - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

"One run can change your day, many runs can change your life." - Unknown

"Success at anything will always come down to this: focus and effort.  And we control both." - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

"Your legs are not giving out. Your head is giving up.  Keep going!" - Jillian Michaels

"New PR's come to those who wake up hungry every day." - Unknown

"Always remember PUSH.  Which stands for Persist Until Something Happens." - Unknown

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill

"Never look back unless it's to see how far you've come.  Spring forward and set goals." - Unknown

"If you want to become the best runner you can be, start now.  Don't spend the rest of your life wondering if you can do it or could've done it." - Priscilla Welch

"When you think about quitting, remember why you started." - Unknown

"It's not how good you are.  It's how good you want to be." - Paul Arden

"If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up.  Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it." - Michael Jordan

"Running is tough, but so are you." - Unknown

"Someone out there, someone busier than you, someone slower than you, someone bigger than you, someone older than you, someone more tired than you, is running right now." - Unknown

"Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you; spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life." - Amy Poehler

"You'd be surprised who is being inspired by your running journey, don't quit for your sake and theirs." - Unknown

"A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest.  I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more." - Steve Prefontaine

"Push yourself past comfortable." - Unknown

"Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear." - Tony Robbins

"To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, someting to inspire you." - Tony Dorsett

"Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most." - Aberham Lincoln

"Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it." - Oprah Winfrey

"What seems hard now will one day be a warm-up." - Unknown 

"The people who consider you weak have not yet noticed the wolf hiding behind your eyes, nor the flames inside your soul.  Let them think you are weak and do what wolves and fire do best.  Surprise them when they least expect it." - Nikita Gill

"If you can't fly, then run. If you can't run, then walk.  If you can't walk, then crawl.  But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward." - Martin Luther King Jr.

"Don't limit your challenges, challenge your limits." - Unknown

"Have the courage to start, strength to endure, and the resolve to finish." - Unknown

"If you have a body, you are an athlete." - Bill Bowerman

"Thou shalt not make excuses." - Unknown

"What we seek; we shall find." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." - Unknown

"Don't try to rush progress. Remember, a step forward, no matter how small, is a step in the right direction.  Keep believing." - Kara Goucher

"Believe in yourself, push your limits, do whatever it takes to conquer your goals." - Unknown

"Strength doesn't come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once though you couldn't." - Rikki Rogers

"It only looks easy to the outsider.  This thing called success, get ready to work hard.  It won't be easy and it isn't guaranteed.  But if you dream big and give it your all, it will be worth it."  - James Woosley

"The five S's of sports are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit." - Ken Doherty