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More Quotes by Kathrine Switzer
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.
There is an expression among even the most advanced runners that getting your shoes on is the hardest part of any workout
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.
Five years after Boston 1967, I went to the Munich Olympics. I realized that major sponsorship could help me create the opportunity. I wrote a big proposal to Avon cosmetics on how creating a global series of women's races could lead to getting women in the Olympic marathon. People thought I was smoking poppy at the time. The longest event in the Olympic Games was 800m.
Life is for participating, not for spectating.
If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.
If you feel positive, you have a sense of hope. If you have hope, you can have courage.
Women were afraid and they would never even imagine running a marathon in 1967.
I always say that talent and capability is everywhere, all it needs is opportunity.
Jock Semple and I were at daggers drawn for five years, even though I kind of forgave him from the get-go. I knew he was an over-stressed race director, I knew he was protecting his race. It took five years because we had to do our homework - meaning we women - we did our legislative work and we officially got into the Boston Marathon. Then, all was forgiven by Jock Semple.
