Best 113 quotes in «marathon quotes» category

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Few things in life match the thrill of a marathon.

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 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.

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

If it hurts, make it hurt more.

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.

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.

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.'

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

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.

If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

I'm never going to run this again.

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.

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.

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

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.

Life’s a marathon, not a sprint.

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

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

Long slow distance makes long slow runners.

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

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

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.

Marathons are about tenacity as much as talent.

Novels are a marathon, while comic scripts are a sprint.

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.

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

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

The novelist is more a marathon runner than long-distance runner and the kind of courage it takes working in such isolation cannot be underestimated. I really respect my fellow writers on this front.

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.

Remember why you're running your marathon. When you're struggling with those training runs that thought will help you.

Rincewind had always been happy to think of himself as a racist. The One Hundred Meters, the Mile, the Marathon -- he'd run them all.

The marathon always starts after 30K. That's where the problems start. You start without any problems, without any pain. All the pain comes after 30K. Sometimes, it's possible to have pain even in the finger.

The marathon is like a bullfight.

The marathon's about being in contention over the last 10K. That's when it's about what you have in your core. You have run all the strength, all the superficial fitness out of yourself, and it really comes down to what's left inside you. To be able to draw deep and pull something out of yourself is one of the most tremendous things about the marathon.