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Amby Burfoot - The Runner's Guide to the Meaning of Life (2000)

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I've never known a runner who had as much patience as he needed.

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Winning has nothing to do with racing. Most days don't have races anyway. Winning is about struggle and effort and optimism, and never, ever, ever giving up.

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It's not about speed and gold medals. It's about refusing to be stopped.

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The true but rare runner's high is a zone that we enter when everything seems to click perfectly, when time stands still, and when we can run almost without effort.

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That's the beauty of starting lines: Until you begin a new venture, you never know what awaits you.

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I have learned that there is no failure in running, or in life, as long as you keep moving.

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Running has taught me, perhaps more than anything else, that there's no reason to fear starting lines... or other new beginnings.

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Everyone stumbles at one time or another. It's the human condition

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It's not about how fast you go. It's not about how far you go. It's a process.

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Running removes us briefly from the fragmentation and depersonalization of the digital world

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Amby Burfoot

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Born: August 19, 1946 (age 78)
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