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.

Amby Burfoot

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.

Amby Burfoot

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

Amby Burfoot

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.

Amby Burfoot

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

Amby Burfoot

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

Amby Burfoot

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

Amby Burfoot

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

Amby Burfoot

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

Amby Burfoot

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

Amby Burfoot