Grete Waitz Quotes About Running

• There is something about the ritual of the race - putting on the number, lining up, being timed - that brings out the best in us.

  Grete Waitz

  Running, Race, Numbers

• Todo el mundo gana el maratón. Todos tenemos la misma sensación en la salida: nerviosos, ansiosos, emocionados. Es una experiencia más amplia, más rica e, incluso con veintisiete mil personas, más íntima que la que viví cuando corría en pista. New York es el maratón que todas las grandes estrellas quieren ganar, pero también ha sido el escenario de un conjunto de historias humanas más vasto que cualquier otro acontecimiento deportivo.

  Grete Waitz

  Running, New York, Stars

• Spend at least some of your training time, and other parts of your day, concentrating on what you are doing in training and visualizing your success.

  Grete Waitz

  Running, Training, Concentrating

• My goal has always been to introduce other people to running. They might accomplish something they never thought they could.

  Grete Waitz

  Running, People, Goal

• Correr me da una perspectiva más clara del mundo y me hace sentir especial. Nunca he sido un turista tradicional. Siempre he visto el mundo corriendo, y eso me ha permitido ver las cosas de otra manera. Los lugares parecen diferentes a primera hora de la mañana, cuando las calles están desiertas.

  Grete Waitz

  Inspirational, Running, Morning

  "On The Run: Exercise and Fitness for Busy People".

• I'll never do that again!

  Grete Waitz

  Run (Ejecutar)

• Some people feel 'transformed' from the first day they begin running; others feel that it's just plain hard work. Most of us realize it is both. I know how great running can feel, but I also know it can feel not so great, even downright awful! It can be fun, but it takes work to have that fun.

  Grete Waitz

  Inspirational, Running, Fun

• I love running. It's as simple as that ... it has given me endless rewards: physical, emotional, and professional. The benefits of running are lifelong. I ran as a child, and I intend to run into my old age.

  Grete Waitz

  Inspirational, Running, Children

  Grete Waitz, Gloria Averbuch (2000). “On The Run: Exercise and Fitness for Busy People”, Rodale Books

• Contrary to a common myth, while there are general guidelines, there is no exact 'right' way to run ... I am amazed by the many ways people move forward.

  Grete Waitz

  Inspirational, Running, Moving

  Grete Waitz, Gloria Averbuch (2015). “Run Your First Marathon: Everything You Need to Know to Reach the Finish Line”, p.115, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

• Even today, in retirement, I find it very distracting if there is conversation during a run. I work out as much for my head as I do for my body. I'm a thinker. A lot of my ideas come to me more easily when I am running. That is why I like to run in the morning.

  Grete Waitz

  Inspirational, Running, Morning

  "On The Run: Exercise and Fitness for Busy People".

• I don't think I would have been such a good runner if I hadn't enjoyed it.

  Grete Waitz

  Running, Thinking, Runners

• I'm never going to run this again.

  Grete Waitz

  Running, Marathon, Marathon Runners

• The worst injury I ever had was a stress fracture from running.

  Grete Waitz

  Running, Stress, Injury

• When I came to New York in 1978, I was a full-time school teacher and track runner, and determined to retire from competitive running. But winning the New York City Marathon kept me running for another decade.

  Grete Waitz

  Running, Teacher, New York

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