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You can't get the taste of winning in a running competition with a turtle! -- Mehmet Murat ildan
I love competition because I've always run faster when somebody was running next to me. -- Betty Wright
So the competition isn't once you got the license, running the station; it's getting the license. -- Robert Waterman McChesney
Encourage kids to enjoy running and play in athletics. Don't force them to run too much competition. -- Arthur Lydiard
In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running, if you stand still, they will swallow you. -- Victor Kiam
Running became boring because it's so predictable. I got to a point where I knew what my competition could do. -- Peter Snell
Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did. -- Nelson Mandela
It's not really about the competition. Your biggest challenge in a race is yourself. You're often racing against time. You're frequently running everything through your mind. You're always competing against preconceived ideas. It's not really the person next to you that you worry about. -- Summer Sanders
I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big races and I've had some big disappointments, but I enjoy the freedom of running and the challenge of training and competition as much now as when I first started back in high school. -- Alberto Salazar
Eventually, competition and adventure wane, and I enter my ibuprofen phase. Tweaky hamstrings and achy knees restrict mileage, but I continue running for health, sanity, and the ritual of a Sunday trail run with like-minded buddies. We discuss the nagging injuries that bedevil us, and remember the good old days when we were kings. -- Don Kardong
So the competition isn't once you got the license, running the station; it's getting the license. -- Robert Waterman McChesney
One thing is sure: if you want running fast in competition, you must run fast in training. The problem is WHEN and HOW, not IF. -- Renato Canova

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