Shannon Miller Quotes

I dream about running all the time.

By running the N.Y.C. Marathon in 2008, I became a runner and I think that's what works the best for me and keeps my body the way I like it to be.

Yes, my dad's a marathoner. He used to do sprint distances and then started marathoning. My mom is an endurance animal. She does three-day events like the Susan G. Komen three-day walk.

My dad was a big runner. Growing up, I watched him do half marathons, and he was always running six or seven miles.

Running was the first thing I discovered that I was any good at.

I enter myself in races. I did a triathlon, and I have done a marathon a couple of times.

I'm active - I like playing football, but I'm not very good. I like running, but I'm not really fast.

I consider a day without running a crappy day.

I want to run until I can't run.

I don't know why I run so fast. I just run.

I trained for the marathon. I run along the East River, and I used to run all the way down Manhattan, up the West Side and back home.

I am much more wired to be an athlete than anything else. I understand the 'hard work = payoff' equation in sports. I run marathons and I box. And that's my Puerto Rican flag hanging in Freddie Roach's Wild Card Boxing gym. I gave it to him. My last N.Y.C. marathon time I ran in three hours flat.

In my younger days, I loved to run. Although it may be hard for you to believe it, I did. And I did win a few races.

Sports have always been a big part of my life. At school, I played a lot of different sports, and I was competing with other schools. I did everything: running, volleyball, basketball, soccer, Olympic-style gymnastics, and more! My history with sports gave me good concentration, focus, strength, and motivation to stay healthy.

When I'm fit, I'm so confident because you know you can do all the runs and be aggressive like the manager wants.

Running is just a game to me.

I'm ready to run; it's my job.

I've run the marathon several times, so I definitely don't look like the Great Ancestor!

I was about 14, and my friend's stepdad asked me to do a 10K with him because his son - who was more into basketball - didn't want to. It was amazing, and I still remember the time I got: 48:23.

I either run or try to play basketball every day.

I'm never going to be an athlete, never going to be running triathlons - I'm not that person.

People are so easily impressed by running, but I run pretty frequently.

I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck.

My father didn't think running was sensible. He told me running is just wasting time.

I am a distance runner, a marathoner... literally and figuratively.