Run the Mile You're In Quotes

“I can’t afford to have a thought about myself that God doesn’t have about me.” God’s grace has covered my failures, and now He looks at me with unconditional love, a love that doesn’t have to be earned and can’t be lost. If God, who Himself is perfect, can extend grace to me, then certainly I should be able to extend grace to myself.”
― Ryan Hall, Run the Mile You're In: Finding God in Every Step

“We need to keep this in mind as we attempt to change the way we see failures in our lives. Rather than being discouraged by them, we need to see them as weights that are making us strong enough to succeed.”
― Ryan Hall, Run the Mile You're In: Finding God in Every Step

“I’ve come to learn that sacrifices seem like sacrifices only at the time you make them. Sacrifices are things God is calling us to give up for our own good. If you think about it, it’s not really a sacrifice to act in a way that will improve yourself. I like to look at sacrifice as a forest burning down. Fires are messy, dangerous, and even catastrophic. But they’re essential for clearing the forest of dead underbrush and preparing it for new growth. All of us have things in our lives that need to be burned up so something new and beautiful can grow in their place. We just need to change how we see these sacrifices—from something we have to give up to something that is going to make us better people who are going to live out God’s plans and purpose for us.”
― Ryan Hall, Run the Mile You're In: Finding God in Every Step

“Achieving our fullest potential in any endeavor requires focus, which is made possible only through sacrifice, because focusing completely on one thing requires that we take our eyes off everything else.”
― Ryan Hall, Run the Mile You're In: Finding God in Every Step

“You can be good at multiple things, but if your goal is to be great, you need to choose one.”
― Ryan Hall, Run the Mile You're In: Finding God in Every Step

“There is one catch to borrowing confidence from someone else: you must be able to rejoice in their successes. Often when one of my teammates or peers popped a big race, I got upset. It was as if their success meant my value took a dive. I had to remind myself to celebrate others’ achievements because what makes me special, important, or of worth has nothing to do with my or anyone else’s performance”
― Ryan Hall, Run the Mile You're In: Finding God in Every Step

“once we cease to be impressed by the size of our challenges, our ability to overcome them grows exponentially.”
― Ryan Hall, Run the Mile You're In: Finding God in Every Step

“The beauty of sports—and of life—is that we get to encourage each other to do what we once felt was impossible.”
― Ryan Hall, Run the Mile You're In: Finding God in Every Step