Walking up to the starting line for your race can be nerve racking. You might even feel paralyzed with nerves. Did you do enough to prepare? Is the race going to hurt? Don’t worry, we are here to help. Check out the top 34 quotes to pump you up and motivate you before your race to beat back those pre-race jitters and help you run to the best of your ability!
#34 – 30. Quotes to Pump You Up Before Your Race
34. Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it. – Oprah Winfrey
33. Act like a horse. Be dumb. Just run. – Jumbo Elliot
32. It’s supposed to hurt, GET OVER IT! – Gary Robbins
31. If you put your effort and concentration into playing to your potential, to be the best that you can be, I don’t care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book were gonna be winners. – Hoosiers
30. A run begins the moment you forget you are running. – Adidas
#29 – 20. Quotes to Pump You Up Before Your Race
29. It’s supposed to hurt like hell. – Dean Karnazes
28. Every man, at some point in his life, is going to lose a battle. He is going to fight and he is going to lose. But what makes him a man is that in the midst of that battle, he does not lose himself. – Friday Night Lights
27. Racing is the fun part; it’s the reward of all the hard work. – Kara Goucher
26. Not all pain is significant. – Dave Terry
25. There will come a day when I can no longer run. Today is not that day. – Unknown
24. Pain is the body’s way of ridding itself of weakness. – Dean Karnazes
23. Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up. – Dean Karnazes
22. It does not matter how slowly you do so long as you do not stop. – Confucious
21. The greatest team you’ve never heard of has together missed out on 13 proms, 74 birthdays, 21 Thanksgivings and 989 boyfriends. And they don’t regret it. They know why they give up these things. They know that game changing slide tackles and goals and championships and having a second family and doing it all for each other are the rewards. They know to put team above all else. – USWNT
20. All it takes is all you got. – Marc Davis
#19 – 10. Quotes to Pump You Up Before Your Race
19. The prize never goes to the fastest guy. It goes to the guy who slows down the least. – Chris Hauth
18. If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk. – Bill Rodgers
17. Great moments are born from great opportunity. And that’s what you have here tonight, boys. That’s what you’ve earned here tonight. One game. If we played ‘em 10 times, they might win 9, but not this game. Not tonight. Tonight, we skate with them. Tonight, we stay with them. And we shut them down because we can! Tonight, WE are the greatest hockey team in the world. – Miracle
16. Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. – Haruki Murakami
15. You don’t get to choose when opportunity is going to knock, so you better be prepared for it when it does. – Ted Anderson
14. Don’t dream of winning, train for it! – Mo Farah
13. The only way to define your limits is by going beyond them. – Arthur Clarke
12. There is magic in misery. – Dean Karnazes
11. What does not destroy me, makes me strong. – Nietzsche
10. I am not afraid of storms. I am learning how to sail my ship. – Louisa May Alcott
#9 – 1. Quotes to Pump You Up Before Your Race
9. Let me tell you something kid; everybody gets one chance to do something great. Most people never take the chance, either because they’re too scared, or they don’t recognize it when it spits on their shoes. – The Sandlot
8. Nothing, not even pain, lasts forever. – Kim Cowart
7. It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The hard…is what makes it great! – Tom Hanks
6. This is what you came for. – Scott Jurek
5. Pain is temporary. – Lance Armstrong
4. One thing about racing is that it hurts. – Bob Kennedy
3. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. – Wayne Gretzky
2. Sometimes you just do things. – Scott Jurek
1. Only those who risk going too far, can possibly find out how far one can go. – T.S. Elliot
Ideas for the top 34 quotes to pump you up before your race come from the following sources.[1]The Fitness Tribe – 26 Short Quotes for Running: Instant Motivation[2]women’s running – 16 Running Quotes To Motivate You For Your Next Run[3]LRT Sports – 5 SPORTS QUOTES TO GET YOU PUMPED
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