George A. Sheehan

The marathon is a theater for heroism, the common man and an uncommon challenge. It shows the extraordinary powers of ordinary people.

George A. Sheehan

The mind’s first step to self-awareness must be through the body.

George A. Sheehan

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

George A. Sheehan

To restore life to your life, to defeat aging, to regain the youth you still possess, get your body in motion.

George A. Sheehan

When exercise becomes play, it becomes a self-renewing compulsion. It becomes part of each day, part of your life.

George A. Sheehan

When I am running, I am the closest I will ever come to who I am, what I believe and what I should do about it.

George A. Sheehan

Fitness is just a stage you pass through on the way to becoming a racer.

George A. Sheehan

For every runner who tours the world running marathons, there are thousands who run to hear the leaves and listen to the rain, and look to the day when it is suddenly as easy as a bird in flight.

George A. Sheehan

Have you ever felt worse after a run?

George A. Sheehan

In running, I feel free. The lack of anxiety, the complete acceptance, the letting go and the faith that all will be well.

George A. Sheehan