Kristin Armstrong Quotes

When it comes down to it, determination has a greater impact than giftedness.

When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.

Running is always an exercise in humility.

Running has taken me in, and continues to comfort, heal and challenge me in all kinds of magical ways. I am not a 'good runner' because I am me. I am a good 'me' because I am a runner.

If we write our dreams and goals down, we dramatically increase our odds of realization. If we share them with others, they become potent and alive.

Embrace your sweat. It is your essence and your emancipation.

When everything is moving and shifting, the only way to counteract chaos is stillness. When things feel extraordinary, strive for ordinary. When the surface is wavy, dive deeper for quieter waters.

It's easy to lose sight of God when life is sweet and easy, but there is something awesome about despair, and it is the closeness of God when we are at our weakest.

I love the big fresh starts, the clean slates like birthdays and new years, but I also really like the idea that we can get up every morning and start over.

Times of transition are strenuous, but I love them. They are an opportunity to purge, rethink priorities, and be intentional about new habits. We can make our new normal any way we want.

A run has never returned me exactly the same. I go, I grow.

Take care of yourself. Eat well, rest, train hard and smart, make time to think and breathe. Be intentional with your time.

We either live with intention or exist by default.

In the midst of regular life, running is the touchstone that breathes adventure into my soul.

When the seasons shift, even the subtle beginning, the scent of a promised change, I feel something stir inside me. Hopefulness? Gratitude? Openness? Whatever it is, it's welcome.

Sweat has the power to end a pity party in such a way that even the hostess is happy.

Learn to say no, so your yes has some oomph.

The best thing to do when you find yourself in a hurting or vulnerable place is to surround yourself with the strongest, finest, most positive people you know.

I'm still making my decision in the next few days on what path I'm going to take. What really makes me excited now is to continue to give back to the sport.

To me, there is no greater way to achieve clarity than to run alone, or share miles with a trusted friend.

Disappointment is a sticky one, because no one can steal contentment, joy, gratitude, or peace - we have to give it away.

Before the Olympics, there's always been a part of me that's wanted to write a book about Women's cycling because there isn't one out there and I think there's a lot to be said.

Typically creative people are usually not clock-slaves or list-makers, so the idea of enforcing goals and deadlines can be somewhat daunting.

Life is too sweet and too short to express our affection with just our thumbs. Touch is meant for more than a keyboard.

I think I run my strongest when I run with joy, with gratitude, with focus, with grace.

I love the thought of not knowing how things will turn out but the willingness to invest anyway.

I think USA Cycling really needs to ride this wave and start looking at growing the sport. It's a tough one because cycling is such an endurance sport.

What I've learned over the last 6 or 7 years, I would love to teach people. I still have a lot to share with people and especially within the US.

I think it doesn't happen overnight, that's for sure. As the first gold medalist since 1984, I think cycling needs to ride that wave right now, because people are excited.

Perhaps love's greatest gift--that it is indeed unconditional--is also its greatest curse.

I had to quit triathlons, I continued to be active and worked in advertising agency .

What I have learned about the sport of cycling is that you have to love it to do it because you're not going to retire off of it.

I think that with some education there are real possibilities at the high school and college level, but more so at the college level, to bring people into cycling.

I don't think it's the worst thing ever to start when you're in your twenties. You're not burnt out, you're going to stick around and most of the best cyclists are in their 30s.

To be honest, if I had to pick somebody to be related to in sport, who's better than Lance Armstrong with what he's done for the sport and with his cancer foundation?

Cycling is such an endurance sport. I don't think it's the worst thing ever to start when you're in your twenties.

I talk about role models a lot and wanting to be a role model for kids around me because I didn't have that growing up.

If there were any people who were my role models I would just say it was my family's influence and the family and the kids around me.

I feel like I've done everything I can, and what I wanted to do.

I'm not the kind to go out and tell people 'Oh yeah I'm a gold medalist.'

That's what our training is for, we practice not panicking, we practice breathing, we practice looking directly at the thing that scares us until we stop flinching, we practice overriding our Can't.

We can thank God for everything good, and all the rest we don't comprehend yet.

Running is a grownup's lost link to playing outside.

I want to be intentional about my freedom - in choosing it, honoring it, and protecting it. One of the best feelings I know is feeling truly free.

Circumstances in life often take us places that we never intended to go. We visit some places of beauty, others of pain and desolation.

Whether I'm running, working, relating, parenting, learning - whatever I'm doing, I want to surround myself with people who push me.