Haruki Murakami Quotes

Running is always an exercise in humility.

There was this point in my life where I thought that I was not fit enough to do a full 90 on the field. I got up at maybe six o'clock in the morning, went running, then just kept doing laps.

I practice on the roads of Gaza as we don't have good stadiums and tracks so I gave my best.

I go out there and train as hard as anybody else.

A true athlete is someone who doesn't just stop training when they stop competing. It's a way of life, and they keep in shape just to keep up that standard.

I never get tired of running. The ball ain't that heavy.

Everybody wants to know what I'm on. What am I on? I'm on my bike busting my ass six hours a day. What are you on?

I'm not naturally a person that wants to exercise, but I find running is something I can do wherever I am in the world.

I lift weights and I run, that's what I do.

I ran track, and basically played every sport.

I ran through most of college and ran through most of grad school. When I was writing my dissertation for my Ph.D., it was literally the only hour of the day that I wasn't working. It was nine months of torture, but I made sure I got out to run.

I do like athletes as they have amazing self-discipline.

I consider a day without running a crappy day.

I realised I could run after finding out that my dad used to run and it gave me the morale that if he did it then maybe I could also run.

I want to run until I can't run.

In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.

I'm a writer, not a professional runner. It's fun and it helps me write. I need powerful concentration.

I always said I wanted to be a great athlete, ever since I was an overweight little kid. I just love competing in any kind of athletics.

Running is my bedrock activity.

It takes tremendous will to compete in any athletic endeavor, so it meant going to bed early and getting my homework done in advance. I had to sacrifice things, like a social life, to be a skater at 15. But I loved skating so much that it was worth everything to me.

I love running and I will always run.

I love surfing, rock climbing, cycling - all that stuff. But it's just amazing that I can inspire people with my running. It's humbling, really.

I've got a song called 'Salt Skin' because when you run in the heat it evaporates and you've got salt crystals on your face. I love that, because it means you've worked really hard.

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.

I was always active, always running and working out. I was a wrestler and ran track and, out of interest, started boxing. It's always been a part of me.