Dean Karnazes Quotes

I run to breathe the fresh air. I run to explore. I run to escape the ordinary.

I just keep active - everything that's challenging me, everything that I feel like doing.

If I wasn't acting, all I'd do is ride my bike. I've always loved doing that.

I feel a freedom when I start running. If I don't train, I feel like everyone else in the Gaza Strip.

I really have to dance more often, and so I travel around. If I don't, I will crumble.

I enjoy fitness. I've always enjoyed trying to stay healthy. I've enjoyed all my gym work; obviously there's a cross-over with that going into cricket. But you also talk of finding an escape and I think in the last year or so, running has provided me with that.

I always loved running... it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

There is no doubt that running away on a fresh, blue morning can be exhilarating.

I'm an outdoorsy person. I really enjoy the hiking in L.A.

I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.

I'm an intense guy. I run 10 miles a day, which helps alleviate my intensity. Also, singing helps defuse my intensity. Playing the piano helps, and writing helps.

I'm not a big TV watcher guy; I like being outside.

There's a certain amount of freedom involved in cycling: you're self-propelled and decide exactly where to go. If you see something that catches your eye to the left, you can veer off there, which isn't so easy in a car, and you can't cover as much ground walking.

Our society is so obsessed with working out to be skinny, and none of that has a purpose. I love that my daughter sees me running because she knows I have a race and that I want to be faster. It becomes much less of a grind when it's that way.

I'm a walker. I enjoy walking, which I think psychologically expresses my feelings of wanting liberation without exerting myself too much.

The gym was my only refuge. I could put music on and dance around with my girlfriends and be silly.

I love being outside - that's where I'm the happiest.

Being outside on your own in all weathers is exciting; it clears you out.

I ran through most of college and ran through most of grad school. When I was writing my dissertation for my Ph.D., it was literally the only hour of the day that I wasn't working. It was nine months of torture, but I made sure I got out to run.

I consider a day without running a crappy day.

I have to just get up early and make sure I run. I'll do 40 minutes, four miles. It's not easy, but it clears my head.

I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails.

I didn't start jogging or running until I was 37 years old. It was something that really helped me change my life.

Running is my church.

I love being outdoors and try to work out outside when I can. I spent most of my childhood outdoors.