RUN Quotes

“Confidence is not some nonphysical quality snatched from the spiritual dimension and installed in the mind. It is the feeling that arises when the body's knowledge of itself is in harmony with a person's dreams.”
― Matt Fitzgerald, RUN: The Mind-Body Method of Running by Feel

“What matters is that the unconscious brain knows when the body is capable of achieving the goals of the conscious mind and communicates this knowledge to consciousness in the form of the feeling of confidence. Therefore, the primary objective of training for every competitive runner should be to develop confidence in her ability to achieve her race goals.”
― Matt Fitzgerald, RUN: The Mind-Body Method of Running by Feel

“The reason you are a runner is that you enjoy running. The objective of everything you do as a runner should be to increase our preserve your enjoyment of running.”
― Matt Fitzgerald, RUN: The Mind-Body Method of Running by Feel

“Some say there’s no magic formula. I say there is. It’s just that the magic is different for everyone.”
― Matt Fitzgerald, RUN: The Mind-Body Method of Running by Feel

“You don't become a runner by winning a morning workout. The only true way is to marshal the ferocity of your ambition over the course of many day, weeks, months, and (if you could finally come to accept it) years. The Trial of Miles; Miles of Trials.”
― Matt Fitzgerald, RUN: The Mind-Body Method of Running by Feel