Troy

“What the jogger’s face shows is not boredom but contemplation, which Thomas Aquinas described as man’s highest activity save one—contemplation plus putting the fruits of that contemplation into action.”
― George Sheehan, The Essential Sheehan: A Lifetime of Running Wisdom from the Legendary Dr. George Sheehan

“I just run. I run in void. Or maybe I should put it the other way: I run in order to acquire a void.”
― Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

“Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.”
― Lao Tsu, Tao Teh Ching

“It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not
to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is
against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.”
― George Sheehan