Comments on: Make me wanna run faster and further in 58 characters.

Question: Make me wanna run faster and further in 58 characters.

Rudy Gerner — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:04:56 -0800

I am going the Nike+ route and am about to order an iPod Nano. I want an inspiring but not cheesy quotation engraved on the back. Ideas?

I'd like something inspiring without being hokey (if that's possible) that will remind me to have a kickass run. I have 58 characters total, including spaces, punctuation, etc.

It doesn't have to be about running per se as long as it gets me in the mood to be a two-legged cheetah badass. I'm thinking the written-in-words equivalent of the song that plays during the Rocky training montage.

Anything spring to mind?

By: fire&wings

fire&wings — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:20:31 -0800

"Pain don't hurt" - Patrick Swayze
"Men, today we die a little" - Emil Zatopek
"Tramps like us, baby we were born to run" - Bruce Springsteen

By: katie

katie — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:22:49 -0800

There is no hill that never ends. –Masai proverb

By: piedmont

piedmont — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:25:15 -0800

Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn. -Better Off Dead

By: agentwills

agentwills — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:25:33 -0800

Push. Then push harder.

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:26:31 -0800

'You Must Do The Things You Think You Cannot Do' - Eleanor Roosevelt
'My Shoes Hurt!' - Bob Lamonta's Father

By: WinnipegDragon

WinnipegDragon — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:28:48 -0800

iJustDoIt

By: dforemsky

dforemsky — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:29:28 -0800

"Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'"

By: tarvuz

tarvuz — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:29:44 -0800

Easy

"To give less than your best is to sacrifice the gift"

~ Steve Prefontaine

By: mhz

mhz — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:32:18 -0800

The race is long, but in the end, it's only with yourself.

Pick a short playlist - not much time in the four minute mile!

(ok, they're both weak.)

By: smackfu

smackfu — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:34:17 -0800

(FYI, if you're in the US, Amazon is selling them for $10 less than Apple and doesn't charge sales tax. No engraving, but is it worth $20 to you?)

By: Rudy Gerner

Rudy Gerner — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:36:24 -0800

smackfu, you just totally upped the ante! If I get a quote I fall in love with, I'll do the engraving but if not, Amazon it is! Thanks for the tip.

So far the contenders are "Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn" and "Tramps like us, baby we were born to run."

By: smackfu

smackfu — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:37:44 -0800

As you may have guessed, I don't have an engraved iPod, but I do have "exitus acta probat" ("the result justifies the deed") engraved on my Road ID shoe tag.

By: mooders

mooders — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:43:34 -0800

Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves (Joseph P. Thompson)

Live forever or die in the attempt (Heller, Catch-22)

Pain is inevitable; suffering optional (Anon)

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

By: Scoo

Scoo — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:43:34 -0800

My high school cross country team spray-painted "YES I CAN" at regular intervals on our course.

By: dowcrag

dowcrag — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:49:40 -0800

Do or not do - there is no try
Yoda

I can't remember who said these, but I have them scribbled in my diary:

Push beyond your limits, all the time.
They conquer who believe they can.

or how about

Sweat now or suffer later

(just made that one up)

By: jquinby

jquinby — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:03:47 -0800

"Citius, Altius, Fortius"

The Olympic motto, 'faster, higher, stronger'. I guess you could leave off 'altius' and just do 'citius et fortius'.

By: inigo2

inigo2 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:08:36 -0800

One of the (unofficial?) themes on a lot of the t-shirts at the Army 10-miler the other day was a simple "I will not quit."

By: erikgrande

erikgrande — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:27:11 -0800

"You are Lisa Simpson."

By: Oktober

Oktober — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:37:21 -0800

Don't believe in yourself. Believe in me, who believes in you!

-Kamina, Gurren Lagann

By: mmascolino

mmascolino — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:39:11 -0800

"Pain is fear leaving the body".

By: No New Diamonds Please

No New Diamonds Please — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:36:57 -0800

"Think Different"

By: Northwest

Northwest — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:39:36 -0800

"Trample the slow, hurdle the dead" from our High School girls cross country team. Also, "We do for fun what you do for punishment"

By: history is a weapon

history is a weapon — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:10:03 -0800

"Bears are chasing you!"

By: rhizome

rhizome — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:45:17 -0800

To paraphrase Marco Pantani, "Going faster makes the suffering end sooner."

By: trinity8-director

trinity8-director — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:48:54 -0800

"A little pain never hurt anyone."

This one is too long for your purposes, but I love it:

Those who dream by night, in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that all was vanity;
but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, and make it possible.
T.E. Lawrence

By: cashman

cashman — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:04:43 -0800

Burn.

By: KateHasQuestions

KateHasQuestions — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:51:37 -0800

How about your first name, funny middle name, and last name?

Such as Joe EnergyLegs Johnson

Maybe not EnergyLegs, but something humorous yet kick-ass like that. I'm too tired to thing of something right now.

By: 913

913 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:57:51 -0800

"action should always precede motivation" - no idea.

By: seiryuu

seiryuu — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:58:44 -0800

"This space intentionally left blank."

By: mcroy

mcroy — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:18:13 -0800

"Pain is temporary. Losing is forever"