"Marathon running, like golf, is a game for……" — Hunter S. Thompson

"Marathon running, like golf, is a game for players, not winners. That is why Callaway sells golf clubs and Nike sells running shoes. But running is unique in that the world's best racers are on the same course, at the same time, as amateurs, who have as much chance of winning as your average weekend warrior would scoring a touchdown in the NFL."

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A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit. — Richard Bach
If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur. — Red Adair
I'm a writer. An amateur photographer. An actor. — Ben Affleck
I'll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs. — Paul Cezanne
Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I don't work with inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work. — Chuck Close
My dad had been an ardent amateur photographer, and he taught me to compose a photograph from the back to… — Sam Abell
It was to Hofmeister, working as a young man, an amateur and enthusiast, in the early morning hours of summer… — Unknown Author
There should be a dash of the amateur in criticism. For the amateur is a man of enthusiasm who has… — Brooks Atkinson
Professionalism is environmental. Amateurism is anti environmental. Professionalism merges the individual into patterns of total environment. Amateurism seeks the development… — Marshall McLuhan
My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term "magnitude," which is used for the brightness of a star. — Charles Richet
As a matter of fact, nearly all the greatest work is being, and has always been done, by those who… — Alfred Stieglitz

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