Quotes by Scott Jurek

Scott Jurek

As powerful as our legs are, as magnificent as our lungs and arms and muscles are, nothing matters more than the mind.

Legs

Mind

Powerful

But the longer and further I ran, the more I realized that what I was often chasing was a state of mind- a place where worries that seemed monumental melted away, where the beauty and timelessness of the universe, of the present moment, came into sharp focus.

Beauty

Inspirational

Running

Every single one of us possesses the strength to attempt something he isn’t sure he can accomplish.

Accomplish

Every single one of us possesses the strength to attempt something he isn’t sure he can accomplish. It can be running a mile, or a 10K race, or 100 miles. It can be changing a career, losing 5 pounds, or telling someone you love her (or him).

Careers

Race

Running

Fear is what makes you come alive, the lure of the unknown – can I do this? – thats where the growth comes from, the pain. I dont remember the running effortlessly; I remember the hard times; adversity breathes transformation.

Adversity

Pain

Running

For me, challenging myself with this type of endeavor [ultramarathons] brings the best out in me because even at the darkest, deepest moments when I feel like I can’t go on, when I feel like there’s no chance I could break the record or much less finish the trail, somehow I find that strength inside of me.

Challenges

Goes On

Records

For me, it’s about optimizing health. It’s about lifestyle and longevity. Then you think about what vegetarian diets can do for the mass population, in terms of lower consumption of resources. When you look at the numbers, it’s pretty staggering.

Numbers

Thinking

Vegetarian Diet

Humans aren’t built to sit all day. Nor are we built for the kinds of repetitive, small movements that so much of today’s specialized work demands. Our bodies crave big, varied movements that originate at the core of our body.

Body

Demand

Movement

Injuries are our best teachers.

Best Teacher

Injury

Teacher

It’s a hard, simple calculus: Run until you can’t run anymore. Then run some more. Find a new source of energy and will. Then run even faster.

Energy

Running

Simple

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Accomplish

Adversity

Arena

Assessment

Attention

Beauty

Best Teacher

Bigs

Blessing

Body

Careers

Challenges

Currents

Decision

Demand

Difficulty

Distance

Earth

Effort

Endurance

Energizing

Energy

Fate

Focus

Goal

Goes On

Grace

Hurt

I Can

Injury

Inspirational

Legs

Levels

Life And Death

Loss

Lying

Matter

Mind

Movement

Moving

Moving Forward

Numbers

Overcoming

Pain

People

Powerful

Race

Rational

Records

Regret

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Quotes by Scott Jurek

Scott Jurek

As powerful as our legs are, as magnificent as our lungs and arms and muscles are, nothing matters more than the mind.

But the longer and further I ran, the more I realized that what I was often chasing was a state of mind- a place where worries that seemed monumental melted away, where the beauty and timelessness of the universe, of the present moment, came into sharp focus.

Every single one of us possesses the strength to attempt something he isn’t sure he can accomplish.

Every single one of us possesses the strength to attempt something he isn’t sure he can accomplish. It can be running a mile, or a 10K race, or 100 miles. It can be changing a career, losing 5 pounds, or telling someone you love her (or him).

Fear is what makes you come alive, the lure of the unknown – can I do this? – thats where the growth comes from, the pain. I dont remember the running effortlessly; I remember the hard times; adversity breathes transformation.

For me, it’s about optimizing health. It’s about lifestyle and longevity. Then you think about what vegetarian diets can do for the mass population, in terms of lower consumption of resources. When you look at the numbers, it’s pretty staggering.

Humans aren’t built to sit all day. Nor are we built for the kinds of repetitive, small movements that so much of today’s specialized work demands. Our bodies crave big, varied movements that originate at the core of our body.

Injuries are our best teachers.

It’s a hard, simple calculus: Run until you can’t run anymore. Then run some more. Find a new source of energy and will. Then run even faster.

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