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Running is always an exercise in humility.
I run hills anytime I really have to think.
Learn to say no, so your yes has some oomph.
When we focus on our pain, our ache deepens.
We either live with intention or exist by default.
Running is a grownup's lost link to playing outside.
A run has never returned me exactly the same. I go, I grow.
Real connection and intimacy is like a meal, not a sugar fix.
Embrace your sweat. It is your essence and your emancipation.
I feel like I've done everything I can, and what I wanted to do.
I'm not the kind to go out and tell people 'Oh yeah I'm a gold medalist.'
When it comes down to it, determination has a greater impact than giftedness.
We can thank God for everything good, and all the rest we don't comprehend yet.
Runners, by nature, are intentional people and normally pretty light on our feet.
Sweat has the power to end a pity party in such a way that even the hostess is happy.
I had to quit triathlons, I continued to be active and worked in advertising agency .
No matter who is watching or paying the paycheck, we are ultimately each our own boss.
I think I run my strongest when I run with joy, with gratitude, with focus, with grace.
Perhaps love's greatest gift--that it is indeed unconditional--is also its greatest curse.
In the midst of regular life, running is the touchstone that breathes adventure into my soul.
I love the thought of not knowing how things will turn out but the willingness to invest anyway.
When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.
Every year, I appreciate life more because of the deeper understanding of what it took to get this far.
One of the best things about good mothers is that they remind their children to take care of themselves.
To me, there is no greater way to achieve clarity than to run alone, or share miles with a trusted friend.
Pause today and notice something you have worked hard on and recognize yourself for it. Acknowledge your effort.
Cycling is such an endurance sport. I don't think it's the worst thing ever to start when you're in your twenties.
Freedom is not the absence of obligation or restraint, but the freedom of movement within healthy, chosen parameters.
Life is too sweet and too short to express our affection with just our thumbs. Touch is meant for more than a keyboard.
I talk about role models a lot and wanting to be a role model for kids around me because I didn't have that growing up.
Disappointment is a sticky one, because no one can steal contentment, joy, gratitude, or peace - we have to give it away.
Take care of yourself. Eat well, rest, train hard and smart, make time to think and breathe. Be intentional with your time.
What I have learned about the sport of cycling is that you have to love it to do it because you're not going to retire off of it.
Whether I'm running, working, relating, parenting, learning - whatever I'm doing, I want to surround myself with people who push me.
If there were any people who were my role models I would just say it was my family's influence and the family and the kids around me.
Circumstances in life often take us places that we never intended to go. We visit some places of beauty, others of pain and desolation.
Typically creative people are usually not clock-slaves or list-makers, so the idea of enforcing goals and deadlines can be somewhat daunting.
I realize that I am typically vulnerable only when and where and how much it suits me. I can choose my writer words and even go back and edit.
As my children leave the protected parameters of the bay called childhood and enter the wavier seas of adolescence, I'm starting to get seasick.
What I've learned over the last 6 or 7 years, I would love to teach people. I still have a lot to share with people and especially within the US.
I want to be intentional about my freedom - in choosing it, honoring it, and protecting it. One of the best feelings I know is feeling truly free.
If we write our dreams and goals down, we dramatically increase our odds of realization. If we share them with others, they become potent and alive.
I think USA Cycling really needs to ride this wave and start looking at growing the sport. It's a tough one because cycling is such an endurance sport.
I'm still making my decision in the next few days on what path I'm going to take. What really makes me excited now is to continue to give back to the sport.
I love the big fresh starts, the clean slates like birthdays and new years, but I also really like the idea that we can get up every morning and start over.
The best thing to do when you find yourself in a hurting or vulnerable place is to surround yourself with the strongest, finest, most positive people you know.
When I forget who I am, I remind myself by finding my stride. I remember that I am strong, free, and loved, and that with God's help I can weather whatever comes.
I think that with some education there are real possibilities at the high school and college level, but more so at the college level, to bring people into cycling.
It's easy to lose sight of God when life is sweet and easy, but there is something awesome about despair, and it is the closeness of God when we are at our weakest.
To be honest, if I had to pick somebody to be related to in sport, who's better than Lance Armstrong with what he's done for the sport and with his cancer foundation?