Best 113 quotes in «marathon quotes» category

The week before the marathon, sleep well. If normally you “get by” with five hours but require seven, make sure you get seven every night. The sleep you get the week leading up to the marathon is more important than the night before. The night before, you probably won’t sleep well due to anxiety, excitement and anticipation.

This cyberwar will be a continuous marathon war that will only compound and hyper-evolve in stealth, sophistication and easy entry due to the accelerated evolution of “as a service” attack strategies for sale on the dark web.

We’re not born running up mountains. Most of us don’t even figure out we’re capable of such a feat until later in life. Along the way, we make a lot of mistakes. Some of us even hit rock bottom. And then we pick ourselves up, dust off the dirt, and start climbing — sometimes literally. Running is a transformative experience in mind, body and spirit for so many. It helps us face inner demons and shush the naysayers — especially when those naysayers are ourselves.

Uncertain about an aspect of training? Read, consult others and experiment. In the end, though, listen to the body and the Voice Inside. Instead of dousing it with music, podcasts or talk radio, let the Voice Inside play out and wind past rumination to rich sediment that informs what drives and scares you.

You can alter mood by running.

When you feel life's slow, run !

Where most friends would say, “Poor baby,” running friends say, “You’re being a baby.” Where most friends offer gentle encouragement, running friends talk smack. Running buddies celebrate the best, tolerate the worst, and pretend not to notice the embarrassing. They’re a vault for the secrets that we share on the trail, when we’re hungry, hot, and way too tired to be anything but 100 percent real. And when someone asks, “Would it be a horrible idea if . . . ?” the running buddy’s answer is always, “Yes. What time?” A running buddy sees your limitless potential and will happily act as a mirror until you see it, too.

When you undertake a daunting task, an adventure bigger than you ever thought you'd take on, you don't get to know what challenges the universe will present to you on the way. You can decide where you will go and how much money you'll spend and what your activities will be, but there will always be something unexpected, a hurdle of sorts, that offers you an opportunity to learn something about yourself if you take it in stride.

As with marathon runs and lengths of toilet paper, there had to be standards to measure up to.

You’ve climbed too many mountains and crossed too many rivers to stop and turn back now.

A couple of years ago I ran in the LA Marathon.

Around mile 20 I was feeling so good, I wanted to kiss everyone.

As long as possible, I would really like to complete one marathon per year. Though my time has been slowing down as I get older, it has become a very important part of my life.

You thought it would break you in two, but it made you twice as strong.

Business is a sprint until you find an opportunity, then it's the patience of a marathon runner.

At the end of a marathon, it's going to hurt whether you're speeding up or slowing down. You may as well push.

Business is a marathon, and most of society thinks it's a sprint.

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

Fear is a very explosive emotion, but it has a short life span. It's the sprint. The marathon is hope.

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

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 to stay there.

Few things in life match the thrill of a marathon.

For me, as for so many runners, there really are no finish lines. Runs end; running doesn't.

I adore watching movies; movie marathons are my favorite pastime. I can watch up to five movies back to back. I also love music and like reading whenever I get the time.

I couldn't be more excited to return to the ING New York City Marathon.

If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

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

I don't train. I just run my 3-15 miles a day.

If I read a script and the subject stays with me - then that's when I want to go to work. Before, I was very addicted to being on set, and I was doing three or four movies a year for many years. Now, fortunately, I can go to work only when I am passionate about a project, and the rest of the time, I can live my life. I'm not interested in doing movies just as a marathon. When I go to work now, I have much more to give. But the other way, you get empty.

If it hurts, make it hurt more.

I had a mini marathon once I landed the role - going from 'Splendor in the Grass' to 'Bonnie and Clyde' to 'Shampoo' to 'Reds.' I watched them back to back. I found that when you're in the mood for 'Reds,' you're not in the mood for 'Shampoo.'

It's about time! It's supposed to be a ritual, not a marathon.

I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner.

I'm never going to run this again.

I think psychedelics are sort of like doing calisthenics in preparation for the marathon at the end of time.

I thought about running a marathon a long time ago, but I'm just not a runner.

I like making comics and animation because it takes such a long time. I'm not a runner of the 100 meter. I like marathons. The longer it takes, the better I feel.

It's kind of like a midlife crisis kind of thing. When you turn 40, you have to run the marathon, while all the parts still work properly.

Listen to your body. Do not be a blind and deaf tenant.

Life’s a marathon, not a sprint.

I will never be ok with the suffering of others - that I will likely continue to fight so I must treat it as a marathon race not a sprint.

Making a movie is like a marathon, and commercials are like sprints - they're equally satisfying, but in different ways.

Long slow distance makes long slow runners.

Marathons are about tenacity as much as talent.

Marathons are hard because of the physical pain, the pounding on the muscles, joints, tendons.

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

My new obsession is 'Storage Wars.' I don't know how such a simple show concept can be so addicting, but I can sit and watch marathons of it.

My thoughts and prayers go out to the thousands of marathon runners, onlookers, city officials and others affected by this senseless tragedy.

One skill that separates good from almost-good runners is an ability to concentrate for an entire race, whether it is a mile or a marathon.

Part of the reason I fell in love with the trail is because it was so extremely difficult, more difficult than the marathons and Ironmans I'd competed in. Not just physically but emotionally it was a new challenge, as well. It really helped me to learn and grow in so many ways.