Business is a sprint until you find an opportunity, then…

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

— Joan Rivers

The novelist is more a marathon runner than long-distance runner and the kind of courage it takes working in such isolation cannot be underestimated.…

— Tobsha Learner

A novel takes the courage of a marathon runner, and as long as you have to run, you might as well be a winning…

— Leon Uris

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

— Haile Gebrselassie

I am a marathon runner. I ran the New York City marathon and almost died. I tried to run, like, a two-minute mile early…

— Sean Combs

Marathon runner Sophie Raworth is always trying to get me to put my running shoes back on, but I can't match her for fitness.

— Susanna Reid

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

The mile has all the elements of a drama.

— Roger Bannister

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

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

— Bill Squires

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

— Molly Ringwald

You have a choice. You can throw in the towel, or you can use it to wipe the sweat off of your face. Gatorade…

— Juma Ikangaa

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

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

— Juha Vaatainen