Marathon Quotes

No doubt a brain and some shoes are essential for marathon success, although if it comes down to a choice, pick the shoes. More people finish marathons with no brains than with no shoes.

I pulled a hamstring during the New York City Marathon. An hour into the race, I jumped off the couch.

The marathon never ceases to be a race of joy, a race of wonder.

One skill that separates good from almost-good runners is an ability to concentrate for an entire race, whether it is a mile or a marathon.

I have not had the chance to go out there and do myself justice in an Olympic marathon yet. I have not been able to get to an Olympic marathon injury-free yet.

You don't need cocaine! There's another way to get real high, and really mess your mind up, it's called marathon running!

You can actually suffer a little bit more going slowly than when you're going really fast. A faster marathon might even be easier than a slow one, in terms of what it takes out of you mentally.

Marathon training doesn't have to be a grind. By running for about 30 minutes two times a week, and by gradually increasing the length of a third weekly run-the long run-anyone can finish a marathon.

I love to run. I was challenged to run the New York marathon four months after having my youngest son, and since running isn't a big part of softball, the thought of a marathon was a stretch for me.

to maintain success, stamina is more important than talent. You have to learn to be a marathon runner.

In the marathon anything can happen.

Training for a marathon is much like climbing a ladder. Each ring is a short-term goal that must be met in sequence in order to reach the long-term goal at the top of the ladder.

I ran my fastest marathon in the rain.

Wounded Warriors tell me they're not just going to walk again, they're going to run, and they're going to run marathons!

Comedy Central made me delete the Boston Marathon joke. I wasn't happy about it but, despite popular belief, I can occasionally be a team player.

I want to do a movie on sports - like a movie on a racer or a marathon runner - as I feel I'll fit that bill perfectly.

Of all the races, there is no better stage for heroism than a marathon.

Marathons are good training goals.

A picture, of Jock Semple kissed me,appeared in The New York Times the next day after Boston Marathon in 1973, and the caption was "The end of an era."

You can run a sprint or your can run a marathon, but you can't sprint a marathon.

Since my fried left me,I've got nothing to do but walking.I walk to forget.I walk,I escape,I get further.My friend will not come back,now I am a marathon man.

Making a movie is like a marathon, and commercials are like sprints - they're equally satisfying, but in different ways.

Marathon running is a terrible experience: monotonous, heavy, and exhausting.

In the marathon of life, there is no finish line.

I'm never going to run this again.

The marathon is like a bullfight.

Aiming for the marathon is a task of sorts which can include terrific highs and lows.

The starting line of the New York Marathon is kind of like a giant time bomb behind you about to go off. It is the most spectacular start in sport.

Financial winners don't run sprints, they run marathons. They don't rush. They do it step by step over time.

There is the truth about the marathon and very few of you have written the truth. Even if I explain to you, you'll never understand it, you're outside of it.

I've run the marathon several times, so I definitely don't look like the Great Ancestor!

I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner.

I finished a marathon.

I try not to be too hard on myself. My husband reminds me that life is a marathon, not a sprint.

Its a marathon, its not a sprint. Ten years. Fifteen years. You've got to get up everyday, with a new idea, a new spin, and you've got to bring it to work, every day

A couple of years ago I ran in the LA Marathon.

It's kind of like a midlife crisis kind of thing. When you turn 40, you have to run the marathon, while all the parts still work properly.

You can't win a marathon without putting some bandaids on your nipples!

The marathon is an art; the marathoner is an artist.

I think I bit off more than I could chew. I thought the marathon would be easier. For the level of condition that I have now... that was without a doubt the hardest physical thing I have ever done.

Marathons are hard because of the physical pain, the pounding on the muscles, joints, tendons.

I realized that I was more of a sprinter than a marathon man. With a long, long project, I get bored easily.

I look at directing as a sporting event. It's a race, a marathon. It's great when it clicks, which is why I push my crews so hard so we can excel.

I ran the L.A. marathon and really loved the experience. Communal and wild and a gigantic challenge. Finishing that marathon means I can do more than I think. I think.

To me, drum soloing is like doing a marathon and solving equations at the same time.

The New York Marathon: a fantastic event.

If you don't ever stop singing, your voice stays in shape. It's like the marathon runner. You've got to run, run, run to stay in shape.

Quitting smoking is rather a marathon than a sprint. It is not a one-time attempt, but a longer effort.

Look at your ministry as a marathon not a sprint - build deep foundations of intimacy with God and never let your public schedule get fuller than your time alone with God.

Best wishes for a great marathon. Be sure to savor it. The first marathon is something special. Run long and healthy.