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Once a Runner
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"Once a Runner" Quotes

"Once a Runner" follows the intense journey of Quenton Cassidy, a dedicated collegiate runner, as he strives to overcome physical and mental challenges to achieve greatness on the track.

Quotes

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.

John L. Parker Jr.

ambitionperseverance

Running is about more than just putting one foot in front of the other; it is about our lifestyle and who we are as people.

John L. Parker Jr.

runninglifestyle

There is no better therapy than a long run.

John L. Parker Jr.

therapyrunning

Running is a road to self-awareness and reliance-you can push yourself to extremes and learn the harsh reality of your physical and mental limitations or coast quietly down a solitary path watching the earth spin beneath your feet.

John L. Parker Jr.

self-awarenessreliancelimits

A runner must run with dreams in his heart.

John L. Parker Jr.

dreamsrunning

Running is a competition with yourself, the only opponent is the clock.

John L. Parker Jr.

competitionclock

Running is real and relatively simple... but it ain't easy.

John L. Parker Jr.

runningsimplicity

The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life.

John L. Parker Jr.

obsessionpotentiallife

It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.

John L. Parker Jr.

painsuffering

Running is a mental sport... and we're all insane!

John L. Parker Jr.

mentalsportinsanity