Christopher McDougall Quotes

I always felt free when I ran. I suppose that's what was good about it.

I always want to run; I always want to play.

I just want to go out there and play.

There are so many emotions when I step on the ice.

There are as many reasons for running as there are days in a year.... But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child.

There's something so universal about that sensation, the way running unites our two most primal impulses: fear and pleasure. We run when we're scared, we run when we're ecstatic, we run away from our problems and run around for a good time.

Ski. Sled. Play basketball. Jog. Run. Run. Run. Run home. Run home and enjoy. Enjoy. Take these verbs and enjoy them. They're yours, Craig. You deserve them because you chose them. You could have left them all behind but you chose to stay here. So now live for real, Craig. Live. Live. Live. Live. Live.

Run scared ... and they never catch you.

Let yourself go, the pleasure of physical movement is so important. If that's a problem, you say to yourself, what is there that I am afraid of, or hiding? Maybe your libido!

All humans have fear, and those of us who are fortunate have faith.

For me, running is about freedom. I find that the freer I feel, the faster I am.

Fear is a survival instinct; fear in its way is a comfort for it means that somewhere hope is alive.

So she became impulsive, scared by her inaction into perpetual action. When the Eagle confronted her with the expulsion, maybe she blurted out Marya's name because it was the first that came to mind, because in that moment she didn't want to get expelled and she couldn't think past that moment. She was scared, sure. But more importantly, maybe she'd been scared of being paralyzed by fear again. ~Miles/Pudge on Alaska, pg 120-121

Do you always laugh when you make love?' said Fabrice. I hadn't thought about it, but I suppose I do. I generally laugh when I'm happy and cry when I'm not. Do you find it odd?

Some seek the comfort of their therapist's office, other head to the corner pub and dive into a pint, but I chose running as my therapy.

Sing, riding 's a joy! For me I ride.

Damn everything but the circus! ...damn everything that is grim, dull, motionless, unrisking, inward turning, damn everything that won't get into the circle, that won't enjoy. That won't throw it's heart into the tension, surprise, fear and delight of the circus, the round world, the full existence.

Fear plays an interesting role in our lives. How dare we let it motivate us. How dare we let it into our decision-making, into our livelihoods, into our relationships. It's funny, isn't it? We take a day a year to dress up in costumes and celebrate fear.

I love getting in the open floor and running.

Don't stop me now, I'm having such a good time, I'm having a ball

If you can play an asshole you never get to do it in life, so what rich joy there is to go and do that and say awful things to people.

I can't run away when I'm scared. I always have to attack. That's how I deal with seemingly difficult things.

Drinking is an emotional thing. It joggles you out of the standardism of everyday life, out of everything being the same.

If you ain’t scared… you ain’t human.