Marathon Quotes · Page 6

“A marathon is meaningless and boring unless it is metaphorical.”

— Emily Culliton

At the end of a marathon, it's going to hurt whether you're speeding up or slowing down. You may as well push.

— Summer Sanders

Quitting smoking is rather a marathon than a sprint. It is not a one-time attempt, but a longer effort

— Aristotle

People talk about world title offers, but boxing is not a sprint, it's a marathon.

— Anthony Yarde

“in 2007, Suni Williams ran the Boston Marathon in space, which took her only 4 hours and 24 minutes.)”

— Chris Hadfield

“Building something that matters is a marathon, not a sprint.”

— Dragos Bratasanu, Ph.D

Life is almost like marathon, you have to sustain till the end and manage to be ahead of the rest.

— Melchor Lim

I think psychedelics are sort of like doing calisthenics in preparation for the marathon at the end of time.

— Terence McKenna

Most major races, including the New York City Marathon, require runners to provide photo identification when picking up a bib. Most provide…

— Mary Pilon

Life is a marathon and you have to pace yourself. I believe that slow and steady wins the race, so in that…

— Carole Radziwill

Whenever I'm being invited to the New York City Marathon like today, I need to think twice because I know it's a…

— Martin Lel

Work hard with passion and courage. Life is a marathon of contribution. You really must work hard to accomplish something... Find your…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

“When you run a marathon, you mean it. We're built for running. We dream of flying. For now, though, we're built to…

— Benjamin Cheever

We runners are all a little nutty, but we're good people who just want to enjoy our healthy, primitive challenge. Others may…

— John J. Kelley

This is a marathon in life. You can't be sprinting all the time or else you wear yourself out. You have to…

— Brian Moynihan

Many runners worry about who is in the race, or they think about the time they must run to win. I only…

— Henry Rono

“The runner need not break four minutes in the mile or four hours in the marathon. It is only necessary that he…

— George Sheehan

The overall experience was pretty cool just because if there was a street, it was lined with people. And for something as…

— Jason Sehorn

At 10 minutes to seven on a dark, cool evening in Mexico City in 1968, John Stephen Akwari of Tanzania painfully hobbled…

— Walter Inglis Anderson

I look at road marathons as a totally different sport. Those guys are stupid fast. It is unbelievable. I might be a…

— Karl Meltzer

We have all learned everything we know physically—from walking to running a marathon—by trial and error, so there's no reason to become…

— Amby Burfoot

I have a lot of people who are soap fans and they definitely know who I am, even if they call me…

— Sherri Saum

Senator [Tom] Cotton has campaigned on wanting to kill Obamacare. He voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act back in January, but…

— Rachel Maddow

A marathon is a like a roller coaster... You might toss your cookies, jump for joy, pass out, or have to close…

— Carrie Tollefson

Go in any direction..seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

— Paula Radcliffe

To finish will leave you feeling like a champion and positively change your life.

— Jeff Galloway

I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck.

— Haile Gebrselassie

Marathon running is a terrible experience: monotonous, heavy, and exhausting.

— Veikko Karvonen

I can run a long distance very slowly and I do a half marathon every year.

— Martha Nussbaum

Fear is a very explosive emotion, but it has a short life span. It's the sprint. The marathon is hope.

— Mike Huckabee

I always loved running… It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.

— Jesse Owens

Truth-loving Persians do not dwell upon The trivial skirmish fought near Marathon.

— Robert Graves

I love watching 'Twilight Zone.' New Year's Eve they do the marathon; I watch it every year.

— Gerard Way

Never run more than 3 hours straight in training, whether your marathon best is 2:42 or 4:24.

— Ed Eyestone

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

— Joan Rivers

You're never too old. You don't have to be eighteen to run a marathon.

— Anonymous

The American dream is not a sprint or even a marathon but a relay.

— Julian Castro

Training is a case of stress management. Stress and rest, stress and rest

— Brooks Johnson

I do a lot of challenges I run marathons and stuff like that and I like to challenge myself.

— Michael Snow

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

— PattiSue Plumer