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“Plenty of people who are 38 have run really well in the marathon.”

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Author:Paula Radcliffe

“When I make a live-action movie, it's a very physical process. It's like running a marathon.”

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Author:Zack Snyder

“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.”

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

“If you're ninety-five percent of the way to outstanding success, doesn't it make sense to go the additional five percent of the way? ... A marathon which takes hours to run, can be won or lost by a matter of seconds.”

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Author:Ralph Marston

“The marathon is all about energy management. I had planned to run it like a track race with strategic surges to blow up my competitors by putting them into oxygen debt, so that is the way I prepared.”

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Author:Frank Shorter

“It's not that your back hurts, .. You get these horrible, ice cream brain-freeze headaches. So I would go in on the weekends and get these things called blood patches, where they'd shoot blood into your spine. It was like running a marathon to get it done.”

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Author:George Clooney

“Most people have this perception that you have to be out there running for an hour and a half every day. But you don't have to give up your career and family to run a marathon.”

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Author:Jeff Galloway

“There are times when you run a marathon and you wonder, Why am I doing this? But you take a drink of water, and around the next bend, you get your wind back, remember the finish line, and keep going.”

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Author:Steve Jobs

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

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Author:David Letterman

“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

“I don't smoke, don't drink much, and go to the gym five times a week. I live a healthy lifestyle and feel great. I can run a marathon, you know.”

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Author:Sarah Michelle Gellar

“Financial winners don't run sprints, they run marathons. They don't rush. They do it step by step over time.”

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Author:Dave Ramsey

“Yesterday was the New York City Marathon. The marathon was won in record time by a Democrat candidate running away from President Obama.”

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Author:Conan O'Brien

“A Marathon is not about running, it is about salvation. We spend so much of our lives doubting ourselves, thinking we're not good enough, not strong enough, not made of the right stuff. The Marathon is an opportunity for redemption. "Opportunity," because the outcome is uncertain. "Opportunity," because it is up to you, and only you, to make it happen; only you can turn your farfetched dream into a reality.”

“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 run it.”

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Author:Dean Karnazes

“The marathon is like a bullfight.”

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Author:Alberto Salazar

“When I was first running marathons, we were sailing on a flat earth. We were afraid we'd get big legs, grow mustaches, not get boyfriends, not be able to have babies. Women thought that something would happen to them, that they'd break down or turn into men, something shadowy, when they were only limited by their own society's sense of limitations.”

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Author:Kathrine Switzer

“You plant a garden one flower at a time. ... You write a book one word at a time, clean a closet one shelf at a time, run a marathon one step at a time. If you feel defeated by some large task, get your spade and dig the first hole.”

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Author:Jeanne Marie Laskas

“My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.”

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Author:Tate Donovan

“The world is full of people who have dreams of playing at Carnegie Hall, of running a marathon, and of owning their own business. The difference between the people who make it across the finish line and everyone else is one simple thing: an action plan.”

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Book:Intelligence for Your Life: Powerful Lessons for Personal Growth

Source: Intelligence for Your Life: Powerful Lessons for Personal Growth

“If you don't ever stop singing, your voice stays in shape. It's like the marathon runner. You've got to run, run, run to stay in shape.”

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Author:Sammy Hagar