Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up...Christopher McDougall
Make friends with pain, and you will never be alone.Ken Chlouber, miner and creator of the Leadville Trail 100 race
There's something so universal about that sensation, the way running unites our two most primal impulses: fear and pleasure. We run when we're scared, we run when we're ecstatic, we run away from our problems and run around for a good time.Christopher McDougall
You don't have to be fast. But you'd better be fearless.Christopher McDougall
The reason we race isn't so much to beat each other... but to be with each other.Christopher McDougall
Perhaps all our troubles - all the violence, obesity, illness, depression, and greed we can't overcome - began when we stopped living as Running People. Deny your nature, and it will erupt in some other, uglier way.Christopher McDougall
If you can't run, then walk. And if you can't walk, then crawl. Do what you have to do. Just keep moving forward and never, ever give up.Dean Karnazes, ultrarunner
Nobody can guarantee the world. All anybody can promise you is that one step will be a little bit better than the one before.Christopher McDougall