We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I… — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share Image
The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners. — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
Top results are achieved only through pain. But eventually you like this pain. — Juha Vaatainen Copy Share Image
I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner. — Haile Gebrselassie Copy Share Image
Workouts are like brushing my teeth; I don't think about them, I just do them. The decision has already been made. — PattiSue Plumer Copy Share Image
The marathon is a charismatic event. It has everything. It has drama, competition, camaraderie & heroism — Fred Lebow Copy Share Image
Apparently some of the Boston Marathon runners ran straight from the finish line to the hospital to give blood to the injured… — Ash Sweeney Copy Share Image
I was unable to walk for a whole week after that, so much did the race take out of me. But it… — Emil Zatopek Copy Share Image
Analysis is a glittering opportunity for training: it is just here that capacity for work, perseverence and stamina are cultivated, and these… — Lev Polugaevsky Copy Share Image
If I run I lose so much weight, which I need because you're limited on weight when you are a tall driver.… — Jenson Button Copy Share Image
If you feel bad at 10 miles, you're in trouble. If you feel bad at 20 miles, you're normal. If you don't… — Robert de Castella Copy Share Image
The marathon is a charismatic event. It has everything. It has drama. It has competition. Every jogger can't dream of being an… — Fred Lebow Copy Share Image
I know a lot of marathon runners who are at their best when they are close to 40. You say to yourself,… — Raul Copy Share Image
The difference between the mile and the marathon is the difference between burning your fingers with a match and being slowly roasted… — Hal Higdon Copy Share Image
A novel takes the courage of a marathon runner, and as long as you have to run, you might as well be… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
The marathon's about being in contention over the last 10K. That's when it's about what you have in your core. You have… — Robert de Castella Copy Share Image
Some beings will walk with you for the duration of this bodily existence, up to the very end. Some will come with… — Mooji Copy Share Image
I run because it's my passion, and not just a sport. Every time I walk out the door, I know why I'm… — Sasha Azevedo Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't realize that about 98 percent of the running I put in is anything but glamorous: 2 percent… — Robert de Castella Copy Share Image
For the greater a man's works for the future, the less the present can comprehend them; the harder his fight, and the… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
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… — Tash Sultana Copy Share Image
I always loved running… It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power. — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who's never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who… — Jerome Drayton Copy Share Image
Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is much better. — Juha Vaatainen Copy Share Image
Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me. — Said Aouita Copy Share Image
I want to do a movie on sports - like a movie on a racer or a marathon runner - as I… — Bipasha Basu Copy Share Image
If you don't ever stop singing, your voice stays in shape. It's like the marathon runner. You've got to run, run, run… — Sammy Hagar Copy Share Image
The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be… — Jacqueline Gareau Copy Share Image
Most people who do a lot of exercise, particularly in the form of competitive athletics, have unneurotic, extraverted, optimistic personalities to begin… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
You have a choice. You can throw in the towel, or you can use it to wipe the sweat off of your… — Juma Ikangaa Copy Share Image
My thoughts and prayers go out to the thousands of marathon runners, onlookers, city officials and others affected by this senseless tragedy. — Ed Markey Copy Share Image
