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More Quotes by Kathrine Switzer
All you need is the courage to believe in yourself and put one foot in front of the other.
When I forgave Jock Semple on Heartbreak Hill, I also got really cross with women. I couldn't understand why they didn't get it, why they didn't know that running was so cool and why they weren't in the race as well. Then I thought to myself "How stupid can you be? You've had so much encouragement and motivation and these women haven't."
I could feel my anger dissipating as the miles went by--you can't run and stay mad!
I do forgive people when they get it right, even people who in the past I thought were unforgivable.
1967 race in Boston changed not just my life, but millions of women's lives. There are also things that, when you get older, resonate more.
Triumph over adversity that's what the marathon is all about. Nothing in life can't triumph after that
A lack of forgiveness is a waste of time and it's very enriching to forgive and move on but those are things that come with time.
Women were afraid and they would never even imagine running a marathon in 1967.
A picture, of Jock Semple kissed me,appeared in The New York Times the next day after Boston Marathon in 1973, and the caption was "The end of an era.
What I've done in this older part of my life is I started foundation called 261 Fearless, named after my old ,1967 Boston Marathon, bib number.I thought we could create training and a communicative, non-judgmental platform, in a movement to let them know they're not alone. Then fearless women can reach out to help women who are fearful and take that first step using the vehicle of running because it's transformational. It works for every woman every time.
