Propaganda is a sprinter, but truth is a long-distance…

To be a champion long-distance runner you have to run on the edge of death.

— Toshihiko Seko

Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is much better.

— Juha Vaatainen

“One by one, I'll face the tasks before me and complete them as best I can. Focusing on each stride forward, but at the…

— Haruki Murakami

Nearly all runners do their slow runs too fast, and their fast runs too slow." Ken Mierke says. "So they're just training their bodies…

— Christopher McDougall

My guess is many top athletes, distance runners included, use performance-enhancing drugs, enough so that the problem must be tackled.

— Bill Rodgers

Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not.

— George A. Sheehan

Actually, ambition won't get you that far. You'll shift gears. You'll see something that's shinier. But if you believe... then you're the long-distance runner.

— Sam Abell

To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who's never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who was born…

— Jerome Drayton

A lot of people don't realize that not everybody gets high.

— Molly Ringwald

The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat.

— Bill Squires

The mile has all the elements of a drama.

— Roger Bannister

I am a lonely runner, but I am a long-distance runner.

— Louise Bourgeois

Running hills breaks up your rhythm and forces your muscles to adapt to new stresses. The result? You become stronger.

— Eamonn Coghlan

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

— George A. Sheehan

There's no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes.

— Billy Connolly