Marathon Quotes · Page 6

I always say if the marathon is a part-time interest, you will only get part-time results.

— Bill Rodgers

I used to run a full marathon in three hours and 25 or 26 minutes. Not any more.

— Haruki Murakami

The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.

— John Bingham

Finish: Even if you run a slower than expected time, you succeed in any marathon when you finish.

— Hal Higdon

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

— Steve Prefontaine

If you’ve given a dollar, you are part of the Marathon of Hope .

— Terry Fox

I try not to be too hard on myself. My husband reminds me that life is a marathon, not a sprint.

— Ivanka Trump

The person who starts the marathon is not the same person who finishes it.

— Anonymous

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

In my bright, utopian future world, they will hand out college educations like cups of water at the end of the L.A.…

— Henry Rollins

“The only way to find out if I was physically or mentally capable of finishing a marathon was to try and run…

— Alexandra Heminsley

If you change your lifestyle, remember it's not a wind sprint, but it's a marathon you're embarked on, and you'll be able…

— Mehmet Oz

I love my lifestyle now, but at the end of nine months, you're toast. You are toast. It's like running a marathon.…

— Christopher Meloni

Explore your limits and get to know yourself. You'll never feel more real than after the hardest workout, the longest run, the…

— Luke Watson

I need someone to be like, 'I can beat Bert in a marathon.' And then my Mickey Mantle genes will kick in…

— Bert Kreischer

To run a big marathon and win takes five months. When I'm on the starting line, my mind starts reviewing what I…

— Eliud Kipchoge

William Goldman's Marathon Man was a novel that taught me about suspense. I was maybe 16 years old when I read it…

— Harlan Coben

I'm just trying to spread the word and upturn the myth that actually you should be resting after cancer treatment. You shouldn't;…

— Jo Brand

A half marathon is a good way to have a bit of fun and race against those girls and learn a bit…

— Paula Radcliffe

The biggest thing that I've learned is to run the marathon, not the sprint. By that I mean, don't let the little…

— Jon Foreman

Running unites us and brings us together because, in the words of the great Bill Rogers, "We sweat the same. We struggle…

— Dean Karnazes

There is nothing in this world that I love more than my family. To be able to share the joy of running…

— Summer Sanders

If I waited to be in the mood to write, I'd barely have a chapbook of material to my name. Who would…

— Dani Shapiro

The American dream is not a sprint, or even a marathon, but a relay. Our families don't always cross the finish line…

— Julian Castro

The pride in finishing a marathon is much greater than all the pain endured during the marathon.

— Hal Higdon

Remember why you're running your marathon. When you're struggling with those training runs that thought will help you.

— Anna Bartlett Warner

You can't win a marathon without putting some bandaids on your nipples!

— Kevin Spacey

Best wishes for a great marathon. Be sure to savor it. The first marathon is something special. Run long and healthy.

— Amby Burfoot

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

— Frank Shorter

I do a lot of marathons as training runs. If I'm somewhere and there's a marathon, I'll sign up and just go…

— Dean Karnazes

I pulled a hamstring during the New York City Marathon. An hour into the race, I jumped off the couch...

— David Letterman

The Federal appropriations process is a marathon, not a sprint, and we are at the beginning of that process.

— Jim Walsh

I happen to be a huge 'Lord of the Rings' fan. I do an annual marathon of the extended editions.

— Anna Kendrick

I realized that I was more of a sprinter than a marathon man. With a long, long project, I get bored easily.

— Marjane Satrapi

Blowing all your 80 candles is as difficult as taking the first place in Marathon.

— Anonymous

“marathon without stopping. A group of blokes about university age swarm past”

— Leah Mercer

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

— Cara Buono

Being a giver is not good for a 100-yard dash, but it’s valuable in a marathon.

— Anonymous

For me, watching the 1985 London Marathon was a seminal moment.

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

Running is my meditation, mind flush, cosmic telephone, mood elevator and spiritual communion.

— Lorraine Moller