Candidates Quote by Conan O'Brien

Winning times in the New York City Marathon have not dropped all that much over the years, but rather U.S. runners went backward. In…

— Alberto Salazar

The New York Marathon: a fantastic event.

— Pope John Paul II

I'm so happy to have done this, and now I can say I ran the New York City Marathon.

— Caroline Wozniacki

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

— Martin Lel

NYC Marathon cancelled: runners are scrambling to find some other meaningless accomplishment to use as a proxy for control over their lives.

— Nils Parker

When I came to New York in 1978, I was a full-time school teacher and track runner, and determined to retire from competitive running.…

— Grete Waitz

When George Hirsch ran the New York City Marathon in 1976, the first year the course snaked through all five boroughs, the event was…

— Mary Pilon

Democrats do have a historic race going. Hillary Clinton vs. Barack Obama. Normally, when you see a black man or a woman president an…

— Jon Stewart

Mary Keitany from Kenya won the women's race at the New York City Marathon. You can tell she was fast because guys on the…

— David Letterman

If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York.

— Haile Gebrselassie

In the end, Obama won, stealing the change message from John Edwards and beating back Hillary Clinton's focus on experience. And the race turned…

— John Dickerson

I finished a marathon

— Hal Higdon