#runner

In war there is no prize for runner-up. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#runner-up #war

It's always, 'Are you the runner girl?' I say, 'My name is Sally actually.' I used to always get that at school as well, 'Are you the runner girl?' I'm not even the runner girl, I'm a hurdler. ↗

— Sally Pearson

#always #even #get #girl #i

Once we get into the groove, we're kind of like long-distance runners - that adrenalin kicks in for me and I just keep running - and I don't stop! ↗

— Keith Urban

#get #groove #i #into #just

Wonder why we can do this,' he called out with his mind. The mental effort of speaking to her was already straining—he felt a headache forming like a bulge in his brain. 'Maybe we were lovers,' Teresa said. Thomas tripped and crashed to the ground. Smiling sheepishly at Minho, who’d turned to look without slowing, Thomas got back up and caught up to him. 'What?' he finally asked. He sensed a laugh from her, a watery image full of color. ↗

— James Dashner

#lovers #maze-runner #telepathy #teresa #humor

For you, a thousand times over ↗

— Khaled Hosseini

#time

I am a runner. That's what I do. That's who I am. Running is all I know, or want, or care about. ↗

— Wendelin Van Draanen

#dreams

After watching films of Jim Brown, I noticed that he never ran out of bounds. He always ran North and South and that's what I turned my style into. I was a North and South runner. ↗

— Earl Campbell

#always #bounds #brown #films #i

If you don't ever stop singing, your voice stays in shape. It's like the marathon runner. You've got to run, run, run to stay in shape. ↗

— Sammy Hagar

#got #like #marathon #run #runner

The Chip also reduces the damage done by bandits. They still steal drinks and cheers along the course, but no longer scramble the paying runners' results. No entry fee, no Chip, no time or place. ↗

— Joe Henderson

#also #bandits #cheers #chip #course

Time means a great deal to every runner. It means everything to me, because most days miles don't count; only minutes do. ↗

— Joe Henderson

#count #days #deal #every #everything