To know you are one with what you are doing, to know that you are a complete athlete, begins with believing you are a runner.
George A. SheehanHappiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing.
George A. SheehanIt's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.
George A. SheehanNo matter how old I get, the race remains one of life's most rewarding experiences.
George A. SheehanNo matter how old I get, the race remains one of life's most rewarding experiences. My times become slower and slower, but the experience of the race is unchanged: each race a drama, each race a challenge, each race stretching me in one way or another, and each race telling me more about myself and others.
George A. Sheehan