Joan Benoit famous quotes

04-17-2025

Running is about more than just putting one foot in front of the other; it is about our lifestyle and who we are.
-- Joan Benoit

#Running #Feet #Who We Are
When I first started running, I was so embarrassed I'd walk when cars passed me. I'd pretend I was looking at the flowers!
-- Joan Benoit

#Running #Flower #Car
Doing something for yourself like running, and using it to test yourself, will only make you feel better about your career or your family role.
-- Joan Benoit

#Running #Feel Better #Careers
Coffee doesn't do it for me; it's running that gets me going.
-- Joan Benoit

#Running #Coffee
Every time I fail I assume I will be a stronger person for it.
-- Joan Benoit

#Running #Stronger #Assuming
The challenge and the energy running requires may be a selfish one, but it actually motivates me to be stronger in my relationships.
-- Joan Benoit

#Running #Selfish #Challenges
I look at victory as milestones on a very long highway.
-- Joan Benoit

#Time #Long #Victory
My philosophy on running is, I don't dwell on it, I do it.
-- Joan Benoit

#Running #Philosophy
Running is 80 percent mental.
-- Joan Benoit

#Running
One hour with a child is like a ten-mile run.
-- Joan Benoit

#Running #Children #Hours
Every time I fail, I assume I will be a stronger person for it. I keep on running figuratively and literally, despite a limp that gets more noticeable with each passing season, because for me there has always been a place to go and a terrible urgency to get there.
-- Joan Benoit

#Running #Stronger #Assuming
Keep varying the program. Your body will tell you what to do.
-- Joan Benoit

#Running #Body #Program
Love yourself, for who and what you are; protect your dream and develop your talent to the fullest extent.
-- Joan Benoit

#Running #Dream #Love You
Years ago, women sat in the kitchen drinking coffee and discussing life. Now they discuss the same topics while they run.
-- Joan Benoit

#Running #Drinking #Coffee
Recognize your victories.
-- Joan Benoit

#Running #Victory
You can't depend on other people, you have to run your own race.
-- Joan Benoit

#Running #Motivation #Race
It's funny. I'm attracted to things that don't have any impact on life. People say I've done a great thing for women. I don't think I have. People say I've given people courage. That makes me feel good, but I don't see how I do that. I think my running is a selfish thing. But it provides the challenge that allows me to feel good about myself. How can I expect to do well in other activities if I don't feel good about myself?
-- Joan Benoit

#Running #Selfish #Thinking
Thereâ€™s not a better feeling than when you have found that moment of balance and harmony when both running and life come together. Then you know why you run and that you couldnâ€™t live without it.
-- Joan Benoit

#Running #Feelings #Balance
If you feel like eating, eat. Let your body tell you what it wants.
-- Joan Benoit

#Running #Body #Want
Marathoning is a metaphor for life, so there are a lot of parallels you can draw. I tell people to follow your dream, follow your heart, follow your passion, run your own race and believe in yourself. I think anybody who wants to succeed has to have passion. My love for this sport, you can't instill it in someone else.
-- Joan Benoit

#Sports #Running #Dream
Confidence is a belief in myself and my ability. I built my confidence through hard training. I believed there was no one out there working any harder than me.
-- Joan Benoit

#Confidence #Training #Belief
There will always be something to strive for. My hope is for the heart to strive forever.
-- Joan Benoit

#Heart #Goal #Forever

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