Marathon Quotes · Page 5

The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.

— John Bingham

Finish: Even if you run a slower than expected time, you succeed in any marathon when you finish.

— Hal Higdon

If you’ve given a dollar, you are part of the Marathon of Hope .

— Terry Fox

Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I…

— Steve Prefontaine

The pride in finishing a marathon is much greater than all the pain endured during the marathon.

— Hal Higdon

The person who starts the marathon is not the same person who finishes it.

— Anonymous

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

— Ivanka Trump

I always say if the marathon is a part-time interest, you will only get part-time results.

— Bill Rodgers

For every runner who tours the world running marathons, there are thousands who run to hear leaves and listen to rain and…

— George A. Sheehan

Marathon training doesn't have to be a grind. By running for about 30 minutes two times a week, and by gradually increasing…

— Jeff Galloway

When I came to New York in 1978, I was a full-time school teacher and track runner, and determined to retire from…

— Grete Waitz

Analysis is a glittering opportunity for training: it is just here that capacity for work, perseverence and stamina are cultivated, and these…

— Lev Polugaevsky

I don't smoke, don't drink much, and go to the gym five times a week. I live a healthy lifestyle and feel…

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

I change myself a lot. Some roles you don't want to be big, bulky, muscle-y guy and some roles you want to…

— Patrick Heusinger

Winning times in the New York City Marathon have not dropped all that much over the years, but rather U.S. runners went…

— Alberto Salazar

I learned that people in wheelchairs are allowed to have marathons … which, to me, seems like cheating, but what are you…

— Sarah Silverman

When we look at the full-on mass surveillance watching everyone in the country, in the United States, it doesn't work. It didn't…

— Edward Snowden

Nobody loves the Boston Marathon as much as the people who make fun of it year after year. This was the race…

— Charlie Pierce

It's probably the toughest distance race in the world to win. World class runners from 1500m to the marathon contest it and…

— Paul Tergat

If I waited to be in the mood to write, I'd barely have a chapbook of material to my name. Who would…

— Dani Shapiro

The American dream is not a sprint, or even a marathon, but a relay. Our families don't always cross the finish line…

— Julian Castro

I love watching the N.Y.C. Marathon - it might even be the best day of the year. I'm already in a true…

— Stephanie Ruhle

The marathon has so many elements to prepare for. I think that is one reason I always want to come back for…

— Dathan Ritzenhein

I gave birth to my first son in April 1986. I thought it would be a good goal to get back in…

— Kim Alexis

I used to run a full marathon in three hours and 25 or 26 minutes. Not any more.

— Haruki Murakami

TV is, as I'm discovering now, a marathon. You have to keep going and going and going.

— Jonathan Nolan

I ran a 100-mile marathon, and I was powered by coconut water.

— Jesse Itzler

I have ten marathons under my belt, including four New York races and one Boston.

— Harvey Mackay

Business is a sprint until you find an opportunity, then it's the patience of a marathon runner.

— Robert Herjavec

I'm so happy to have done this, and now I can say I ran the New York City Marathon.

— Caroline Wozniacki

Second place is not a defeat. It is a stimulation to get better. It makes you even more determined.

— Carlos Lopes

The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit

— George A. Sheehan

If you're going to run a marathon you don't just go out there and run 20 miles on Day 1, you build…

— Chris Sale

Yesterday was the New York City Marathon. Republicans won in a landslide.

— David Letterman

I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners.

— Sebastian Coe

What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?

— Steve Prefontaine

All top international athletes wake up in the morning feeling tired and go to bed feeling very tired.

— Brendan Foster

No negative thoughts cross my mind on race day. When I look into their eyes, I know I'm going to beat them.

— Danny Harris

If you insist on the chase then you'd better start running 'cause dude, you're in for a marathon

— Cassandra Clare

The gun goes off and everthing changes... the world changes... and nothing else really matters.

— PattiSue Plumer