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Susan Komen (left) Nancy Brinker (right) |
October 1, 2005 Sam Houston Park
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation was founded in 1982 on a promise made between two sisters – Susan Goodman Komen and Nancy Goodman Brinker.
What Inspires You?
Running Quotes......................
"Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go." -T.S. Eliot
"Bid me run, and I will strive with things impossible" -Shakespeare, in Julius Caeser
"We rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perserverance; perserverance, character, hope. And hope does not dissapoint us." -Romans, 5:3-5 To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who's never run
it is like trying to explain color to someone who was born blind.
-Jerome Drayton
"There are many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But I run because I am an animal and a child, an artist and a saint. So too, are you. Find your own play, your own compulsion, and you will become the person you are meant to be." -Dr. George Sheehan I believe that man will not merely endure. He will prevail.
He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has
an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit
capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.
William Faulkner Jogging is very beneficial. It's good for your legs and your feet. It's also very good for the ground. It makes it feel needed. -Charles Schulz, Peanuts
Most people run a race to see who is fastest. I run a race to see who has
the most guts. -Steve Prefontaine
"I always loved running...it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs." - Jesse Owens
"You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming." - Frank Shorter
"If you start to feel good during an ultra, dont' worry you will get over it." - Gene Thibeault
"The will to win means nothing if you haven't the will to prepare." - Juma Ikangaa, 1989 NYC Marathon winner
"I have met my hero, and he is me." - George Sheehan
"There are clubs you can't belong to, neighborhoods you can't live in, schools you can't get into, but the roads are always open." - Nike
"What matters is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog." - Dwight D. Eisenhower
"pressure is nothing more than the shadow of great opportunity." - Michael Johnson
We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon -Emil Zatopek
You can actually suffer a little bit more going slowly than when
you're going really fast. A faster marathon might even be easier
than a slow one, in terms of what it takes out of you mentally.
-Frank Shorter
A marathon is like life with its ups and downs, but once you've done it you feel that you can do anything. -unknown
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