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Cross Country Quotes

Lines on running, road trips, and covering ground

These quotes cover cross country in more than one sense, from childhood road trips across the country to a walk-on runner grinding through marathons at Penn State.

My first encounter with video games was pretty conventional. I was travelling with my parents - we used to take long cross country trips in the United States every summer - and we went into a restaurant where there happened...

Quotes by Warren Spector

Dead End' will see one of the most successful complex cross country funding and I'm sure it will firm up India's position in the global cinema market.

Quotes by Satish Kaushik

My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in America as it is in England.

Quotes by Roger Bannister

Those days if you drove cross country and you broke down on the side of the road, and the sign says 200 miles to the next gas station, you knew you were so screwed.

Quotes by Rob Zombie

America Quotes

At Penn State, I ran distance and cross country as a walk-on. I wound up running a lot of marathons, 30-plus. I was okay. I won one in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. I think it was around 2:30. I could crank those...

Quotes by Mark Parker

I tried to go out for theater or theater arts, but I was too scared or too intimidated. But I had a lot of friends on the cross country team that had great senses of humor.

Quotes by Dana Carvey

I drove from L.A. to the bottom of Florida on Vespas, and I drove cross country multiple times in a car. I've done a lot of road tripping.

Quotes by Armie Hammer

I did my first cross country race when I was about 10 and absolutely loved it. I wasn't particularly good, so I didn't just carry on because I was good, but it just really appealed to me.

Quotes by Alistair Brownlee

Enter with the torch in the stadium. 80,000 people screaming. I was waiting downstairs for the start for 10 hours; I was so tired with the torch. I give the torch to the combined ski cross country that they win...

Quotes by Alberto Tomba

Frequently Asked Questions

Does cross country only refer to the running sport in this collection?
No, it also describes childhood road trips and even complex film funding that spans multiple countries.
What running achievement is mentioned in these quotes?
One speaker describes running distance and cross country as a walk-on at Penn State, including marathons over 30 times.
Is cross country running equally popular everywhere, according to these quotes?
No, one quote notes it may be less popular in America than it is in England.
How does cinema connect to cross country in this collection?
One quote references complex cross-country funding for a film, tying the phrase to international financing rather than sport.
Where can I find more quotes about travel and country life?
Our country quotes page has more reflections on travel, place, and national identity.

Others stretch the phrase further still, applying it to complex cross-border film funding or comparing the sport's popularity in America versus England.