Quotes

  1. I love running cross country....On a track, I feel like a hamster.
  2. Cross Country: No half times, no time outs, no substitutions. It must be the only true sport.
  3. You know you are a cross country runner when your shoes have more mileage than your car.
  4. Cross country is a mental sport and we're all insane.
  5. Every step you take is one step closer to the finish line.
  6. If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your first day or if you've been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run.
  7. A runner's creed: I will win; if I cannot win, I shall be second; if I cannot be second, I shall be third; if I cannot place at all, I shall still do my best.
  8. You know you run cross country when you are freakishly good at estimating distances.
  9. The start of a World Cross Country event is like riding a horse in the middle of a buffalo stampede. It's a thrill if you keep up, but one slip and you're nothing but hoof prints.
  10. cross counrty runners: my sport is your sports punishment
  11. I run like a girl... Try and keep up
  12. Champions run hard when its hard to run
  13. When your legs get tired run with your heart
  14. When you feel like you cant take anouther step run anouther mile
  15. pain is temporary sucess is forever
  16. if cross counrty was easy then it whould be called track
  17. There is no time to think about how much I hurt, there is only time to run
  18. cross counrty: where the highway ends and the trial starts