Robert Herjavec Quotes

My fastest time in high school was a 4:29 mile. I think cross-country has something to do with my longevity in my business. When you're in an eight-mile race, you never give up.

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

In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.

Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.

Even if there were two of me, I still couldn't do all that has to be done. No matter what, though, I keep up my running. Running every day is a kind of lifeline for me, so I'm not going to lay off or quit just because I'm busy. If I used being busy as an excuse not to run, I'd never run again. I have only a few reasons to keep on running, and a truckload of them to quit. All I can do is keep those few reasons nicely polished.

There are times when you run a marathon and you wonder, Why am I doing this? But you take a drink of water, and around the next bend, you get your wind back, remember the finish line, and keep going.

In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.

Long distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.

If I used being busy as an excuse not to run, I'd never run again. I have only a few reasons to keep on running, and a truckload of them to quit.

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.

If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Patience can't be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it.

Being a runner has brought me a lot of patience, and patience goes a long way in life.

I can do anything for 25 minutes.

I've learned that if I can convince myself to just keep putting one foot in front of the other, then I can run as far as I want to.

One thing I noticed when I was young was I was impatient for success. I think everybody is impatient for success. It will come. But don't - you shouldn't let that impatience drive you crazy.

Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.

A slow horse does not always reach the end of the journey.

Infinite patience gets you immediate results.

...there was some kind of connection between the capacity to love and the capacity to love *running*. The engineering was certainly the same: both depended on loosening your grip on your own desires, putting aside what you wanted and appreciating what you've got, being patient and forgiving and... undemanding...maybe we shouldn't be surprised that getting better at one could make you better at the other.

Even a snail will eventually reach its destination.

I want to accept all the difficulties that face me in life with perseverance and patience.

Players with fight never lose a game, they just run out of time

Life is not a sprint. It was never meant to be. It is just a step of faith after another.