Dean Karnazes

Don’t run with your legs, run with your heart.

Dean Karnazes

Go out hard and finish harder.

Dean Karnazes

How to run an ultramarathon? Puff out your chest, put one foot in front of the other, and don’t stop till you cross the finish line.

Dean Karnazes

I am always nervous before the start of a race. It helps me to say to myself to try my very best. That is my commitment. No matter how bad it gets, I will try my hardest.

Dean Karnazes

If it comes easy, if it doesn’t require extraordinary effort, you’re not pushing hard enough. It’s supposed to hurt like hell.

Dean Karnazes

If it felt good, you didn’t push hard enough. It’s supposed to hurt like hell.

Dean Karnazes

Pain is the body’s way of ridding itself of weakness.

Dean Karnazes

Sometimes you’ve got to go through hell to get to heaven.

Dean Karnazes

Somewhere along the line, we seem to have confused comfort with happiness.

Dean Karnazes

The human body has limitations. The human spirit is boundless.

Dean Karnazes