[We] have sex like Kenyan marathon runners.

I still remember my days in Komarock estate, the days when it was all normal, and even though I am born and bred in…

— Divock Origi

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

— Juha Vaatainen

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

— Steve Prefontaine

The marathon is a charismatic event. It has everything. It has drama. It has competition. Every jogger can't dream of being an Olympic champion,…

— Fred Lebow

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

— Billy Connolly

I was unable to walk for a whole week after that, so much did the race take out of me. But it was the…

— Emil Zatopek

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

— Lev Polugaevsky

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

— George A. Sheehan

I want to do a movie on sports - like a movie on a racer or a marathon runner - as I feel I'll…

— Bipasha Basu

The marathon is a charismatic event. It has everything. It has drama, competition, camaraderie & heroism

— Fred Lebow

For the greater a man's works for the future, the less the present can comprehend them; the harder his fight, and the rarer success.…

— Adolf Hitler

The difference between the mile and the marathon is the difference between burning your fingers with a match and being slowly roasted over hot…

— Hal Higdon

A lot of marathon runners access flow state. That's why it's so addictive: because they just get into this state where they're just completely…

— Tash Sultana

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

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

— Haile Gebrselassie