Best Marathon Running Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“I wanted to try marathon running, but something always came up: I had a baby and a C-section or I got injured or I just didn't think I could run that far.”

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Author:Veronica Webb

“Just put one foot in front of the other.”

“But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.”

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

“When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.”

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Author:Haile Gebrselassie

“In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it.”

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

“Marathons are about tenacity as much as talent.”

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Author:John Bingham

“A lot of people don't realize that not everybody gets high.”

“You don't need cocaine! There's another way to get real high, and really mess your mind up, it's called marathon running!”

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Author:Robin Williams

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

“The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit”

“Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.”

“Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best.”

“Donald Trump is to traditional values what I am to marathon running.”

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Author:Mark Shields

“The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.”

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Author:Roger Bannister

“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.”

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Author:Steve Prefontaine

“You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.”

“Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative.”

“A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.”

“I run to see who has the most guts.”

“Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.”

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Author:Jules Renard

“Marathon running, for me, was the most controlled test of mettle that I could ever think of. It's you against Darwin.”

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Author:Ryan Reynolds

“My whole feeling in terms of racing is that you have to be very bold. You sometimes have to be aggressive and gamble.”

“There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.”

“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.”

Source: Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness

“There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.”

“I always loved running... it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.”

Source: Jesse, a spiritual autobiography

“Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.”

“It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.”

“Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.”

Source: Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner

“If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.”

“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.”

Source: Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen

“If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your first day or if you've been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run.”

Source: The Courage To Start: A Guide To Running for Your Life

“Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.”

“There's no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes.”

“The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be strong. You always go too far for your body. You must handle the pain with strategy...It is not age; it is not diet. It is the will to succeed.”

“The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.”

“We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves...The more restricted our society and work become, the more necessary it will be to find some outlet for this craving for freedom. No one can say, 'You must not run faster than this, or jump higher than that.' The human spirit is indomitable.”

“Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.”

“If you want to become the best runner you can be, start now. Don't spend the rest of your life wondering if you can do it.”

“Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go. It helps us to find out what we are made of. This is what we do. This is what it's all about.”

“Ask yourself: 'Can I give more?'. The answer is usually: 'Yes'.”

“My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.”

Source: Inside track: my professional life in amateur track and field

“Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character.”

“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 feel bad at 26 miles, you're abnormal.”

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Author:Robert de Castella

“Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.”

“There's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing”

“Good things come slow, especially in distance running.”

“Your body will argue that there is no justifiable reason to continue. Your only recourse is to call on your spirit, which fortunately functions independently of logic.”

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