"Why couldn't Pheidippides die here?" Frank Shorter to Kenny Moore at mile 20 of the 1972 Olympic trials. (A sentiment we have all probably felt at one time or another)
"Every passion has its destiny" Billy Mills, only US 10,000 Meter Olympic Champion
A run of a thousand miles begins with just one step.
Lance Armstrong: Once I thought of quittin',
when I had brain, lung and testicular cancer at the same time. But with the
support of my family and friends I got back on the bike and I won the
Tour de
France five (Editor's note: Armstrong
retired in 2005 after winning an unprecedented 7 straight Tours de France)
times in a row. But I'm sure you have a good reason to quit.
What are you dying from that's keepin' you from the finals?
Peter LeFleur: Right now, it feels a
little bit like shame.
Lance Armstrong: If people never quit when the going got tough they'd
have nothing to regret all their lives. Good luck to you, Peter. I'm sure
this decision won't haunt you forever.
Lance Armstrong to Peter LeFleur (Vince Vaughn) upon hearing that Peter was quitting on his team after the loss of their coach in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story