Marathon Quotes · Page 8

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

— Joan Rivers

Never run more than 3 hours straight in training, whether your marathon best is 2:42 or 4:24.

— Ed Eyestone

I love watching 'Twilight Zone.' New Year's Eve they do the marathon; I watch it every year.

— Gerard Way

Truth-loving Persians do not dwell upon The trivial skirmish fought near Marathon.

— Robert Graves

I always loved running… It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.

— Jesse Owens

Fear is a very explosive emotion, but it has a short life span. It's the sprint. The marathon is hope.

— Mike Huckabee

I can run a long distance very slowly and I do a half marathon every year.

— Martha Nussbaum

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

— Veikko Karvonen

There’s not a better feeling than when you have found that moment of balance and harmony when both running and life come…

— Joan Benoit

I cannot have survival as my only goal. That would be too boring. My goal is to come back in my best…

— Ludmila Engquist

My new obsession is 'Storage Wars.' I don't know how such a simple show concept can be so addicting, but I can…

— Nathan Kress

The marathon always starts after 30K. That's where the problems start. You start without any problems, without any pain. All the pain…

— Haile Gebrselassie

Novel writing is the slowest art form in the world. It is not a sprint. It is not even a marathon. It…

— Mohsin Hamid

Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work…

— Michael Johnson

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

— Michelle Obama

I'm not on a mission. I'm not a paragon of health for anybody. I'm not going to run a marathon or model…

— Duff Goldman

I think the most important thing when training - whether you're looking to win a marathon or just become fitter and healthier…

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

When I hear people debate the ROI of social media? It makes me remember why so many business fail. Most businesses are…

— Gary Vaynerchuk

Two days after the Boston marathon bombings, there was a drone strike in Yemen attacking a peaceful village, which killed a target…

— Noam Chomsky

“Even though I can’t tell others whether they should chase their marathon dreams, I highly recommend they do something completely out of…

— Dawn Dais

I had a mini marathon once I landed the role - going from 'Splendor in the Grass' to 'Bonnie and Clyde' to…

— Lily Collins

As you move through the application process, keep refining the way you present yourself. Like any skill, you'll only get better with…

— Kathryn Minshew

Some beings will walk with you for the duration of this bodily existence, up to the very end. Some will come with…

— Mooji

It is nice to know that you have other races lined up, because sometimes you can get so focused on your next…

— Ryan Hall

I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck.

— Haile Gebrselassie

To finish will leave you feeling like a champion and positively change your life.

— Jeff Galloway

Go in any direction..seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

— Paula Radcliffe

I think psychedelics are sort of like doing calisthenics in preparation for the marathon at the end of time.

— Terence McKenna

Life is almost like marathon, you have to sustain till the end and manage to be ahead of the rest.

— Melchor Lim

“in 2007, Suni Williams ran the Boston Marathon in space, which took her only 4 hours and 24 minutes.)”

— Chris Hadfield

“Building something that matters is a marathon, not a sprint.”

— Dragos Bratasanu, Ph.D

If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.

— Emil Zatopek

Playing a three-hour Rush show is like running a marathon while solving equations.

— Neil Peart

I got plenty of cautions that one or two of these marathons was all a man should do in a lifetime.

— Clarence DeMar

I did 'My Fair Lady' for almost 3 1/2 years, eight performances a week. It was a marathon.

— Julie Andrews

We can help the work of justice by preparing for a marathon, not a sprint. A long obedience in the same direction

— Gary Haugen

As with marathon runs and lengths of toilet paper, there had to be standards to measure up to.

— Haruki Murakami

In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it.

— Sam Snead

You wouldn't run a marathon the day before you run a marathon, you need to leave some sort of surprise for your…

— Greg James

Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you.

— Steve Prefontaine