Marathon Quotes · Page 8

Novels are a marathon, while comic scripts are a sprint.

— Duane Swierczynski

Everyone wins the marathon. We all have the same feeling at the start-nervous, anxious, excited. It is a broader, richer, and even…

— Grete Waitz

The marathon is my only girlfriend. I give her everything I have.

— Toshihiko Seko

Have you seen a marathon race? Some runners will be leading right from the first - but after the halfway mark, it…

— Sharad Pawar

If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.

— Kathrine Switzer

“When push comes to shove, I’m going to figure out some doors need to be pulled to be opened. I like to…

— Jarod Kintz

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

— Steve Prefontaine

Runners don't run with their legs, they run ON their legs. In reality, they run with their Arms!

— Percy Cerutty

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

— PattiSue Plumer

I might have to do the London Marathon. I like crowds, so that is why I like the big marathons.

— Cara Buono

Runners exalt the marathon as a public test of private will, when months or years of solitary training, early mornings, lost weekends,…

— Nancy Gibbs

Instead of arguing about whether we're allowed to describe Muslim terrorists as 'Muslim terrorists,' why don't we argue about whether it's a…

— Ann Coulter

To run a marathon was a challenge that I had in my head since I was a kid.

— Milind Soman

I'm interested in Dathan Ritzenhein's future in the marathon, and I believe that's where we need to address some issues he seems…

— Alberto Salazar

It's a long, hard road and it's going to have its bumps; there are going to be times when you fall and…

— Ryan Hall

I've run the Boston Marathon 6 times before. I think the best aspects of the marathon are the beautiful changes of the…

— Haruki Murakami

The marathon is an opportunity for redemption. Opportunity, because the outcome is uncertain. Opportunity, because it is up to you, and only…

— Dean Karnazes

Rincewind had always been happy to think of himself as a racist. The One Hundred Meters, the Mile, the Marathon -- he'd…

— Terry Pratchett

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

My goal has always been to slow down as slowly as possible. It's as simple as that.

— Frank Shorter

I would honestly say I'm in the turtle's race. My journey is a marathon.

— Omari Hardwick

Marathon running, for me, was the most controlled test of mettle that I could ever think of. It's you against Darwin.

— Ryan Reynolds

Bodybuilding is about building your body. Whether you do it to maintain your fitness levels, climb Everest, run the marathon, or be…

— Ronnie Coleman

The Marathon was one of the most important and special events I've done and meant so many things to so many people.

— Rob Burrow

Not only is [a half marathon] a good test for the marathon, it is also good for those who feel they were…

— Grete Waitz