Training For A Marathon Quotes:

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

- Sam Snead

topic: Golf, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running, Inspirational Runner, Inspirational Track

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.

- Christopher McDougall

source: Christopher McDougall (2010). “Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen”, p.13, Profile Books

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Running, Gazelles, Marathon Motivational

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

- John Ruskin

topic: Change, Weather, Different, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

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

- Ranulph Fiennes

topic: Adventure, Weather, Inappropriate, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

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

- Steve Prefontaine

topic: Motivational, Running, Art, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

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

- Jules Renard

topic: Running, Motivation, Business, Marathon Running, Lazy Man

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

- PattiSue Plumer

topic: Running, Gun, World, Cross Country Running, Running Track

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

- George Bernard Shaw

topic: Business, Winning, People, Daily Work, Marathon Motivational

It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.

- Emil Zatopek

source: Attributed to Emil Zatopek in "Citius, Altius, Fortius" ("Swifter, Higher, Stronger"), an unsigned article from Khaleej Times, August 8, 2008.

topic: Running, Pain, Not Giving Up, Great Running, Distance Runner

Few things in life match the thrill of a marathon.

- Fred Lebow

source: "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

topic: Running, Inspirational Running, Thrill, Running Marathon, Training For A Marathon

Marathoning is like cutting yourself unexpectedly. You dip into the pain so gradually that the damage is done before you are aware of it. Unfortunately, when the awareness comes, it is excruciating.

- John Farrington

topic: Running, Pain, Cutting, Inspirational Runner, Damage Is Done

There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child, an artist and a saint. So, too, are you. Find your own play, your own self-renewing compulsion, and you will become the person you are meant to be.

- George A. Sheehan

topic: Fitness, Running, Children, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Running

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep but I have promises to keep....

- Robert Frost

topic: Dark, Promise, Lovely, Marathon Running, Good Poetry

No negative thoughts cross my mind on race day. When I look into their eyes, I know I'm going to beat them.

- Danny Harris

topic: Running, Eye, Race, Marathon Motivational, Keep Running

Good things come slow, especially in distance running.

- Bill Dellinger

topic: Running, Giving Up, Distance, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

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.

- Tim Noakes

topic: Sports, Body, Arguing, Marathon Motivational, Funny Running

Workouts are like brushing my teeth; I don't think about them, I just do them. The decision has already been made.

- PattiSue Plumer

topic: Fitness, Workout, Thinking, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running

Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me.

- Said Aouita

topic: Running, Body, Beats, Distance Runner, Cross Country Motivational

It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it.

- Brooks Johnson

topic: Running, Distance, Doe, Marathon Running, Motivational Cross Country Running

If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want - Why? Because (a) you'll burn all the calories you consume, (b) you deserve it, and (c) you'll be injured soon and back on a restricted diet anyway.

- Don Kardong

topic: Running, Want, Week, Marathon Motivational, Inspirational Track

You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming.

- Frank Shorter

topic: Running, Mind, Trying, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners.

- Sebastian Coe

topic: Running, Distance, Long, Marathon Motivational, Inspirational Track

To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who's never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who was born blind.

- Jerome Drayton

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Running, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat.

- Bill Squires

topic: Running, Cat, Long, Marathon Runners, Motivational Cross Country Running

Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.

- Henry James

topic: Art, Philosophy, History, Marathon Running, Inspirational Runner

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

- Lynn Jennings

topic: Motivational, Running, Exercise, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

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

- Bill Bowerman

topic: Motivational, Running, Not Giving Up, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

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

- Oprah Winfrey

topic: Motivational, Running, Fitness, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running

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.

- Jesse Owens

source: Jesse Owens, Paul G. Neimark (1978). “Jesse, a spiritual autobiography”

topic: Motivational, Fitness, Running, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

- Mark Twain

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Inspirational Football, Marathon Runners

A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.

- Steve Prefontaine

topic: Running, Pain, Race, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

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

- Bill Rodgers

topic: Motivational, Running, Feelings, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Running

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

- Kathrine Switzer

source: "This Inspiring, Blind Young Man Is Running the NYC Marathon to Save Lives" by Sibylle Eschapasse, www.theepochtimes.com. October 29, 2015.

topic: Running, Endurance, Watches, Marathon Motivational, Losing Faith

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

- Steve Prefontaine

source: "Pre: Americas Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine". Book by Tom Jordan, 1977.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

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

- Robert Frost

source: "Stopping byWoods on a Snowy Evening" l. 13 (1923)

topic: Love, Inspirational, Sleep, Marathon Running, Broken Promises

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

topic: Inspirational, Life, Basketball, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running

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.

- George A. Sheehan

topic: Motivational, Running, Ideas, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

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.

- Jacqueline Gareau

source: "Diversification and Discipline Are Key to Investing in Gold" by Frank Holmes, www.businessinsider.com. August 21, 2014.

topic: Fitness, Running, Strong, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

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.

- Roger Bannister

source: Sir Roger Bannister (2011). “The First Four Minutes”, p.142, The History Press

topic: Motivational, Sports, Running, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

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

- Billy Connolly

topic: Being Happy, Weather, Clothes, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

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

- Juma Ikangaa

topic: Motivational, Running, Mean, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is much better.

- Juha Vaatainen

topic: Running, Stadiums, Runners, Marathon Runners, Inspirational Runner

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

- Doug Larson

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Smart, Marathon Motivational, Inspirational Achievement

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

- Paula Radcliffe

topic: Sight, Feet, Marathon Runners, Inspirational Training, Motivational Cross Country Running

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

- Paavo Nurmi

topic: Positive Thinking, Mind, Pieces, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running

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

- Paul Tergat

source: "Coeurs d'athlètes". Sport/Documentary, 2003.

topic: Running, Giving, Answers, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

I always loved running.... It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.

- Jesse Owens

topic: Running, Endurance, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running, Inspirational Training

The marathon can humble you.

- Bill Rodgers

source: Bill Rodgers, Matthew Shepatin (2013). “Marathon Man: My 26.2-Mile Journey from Unknown Grad Student to the Top of the Running World”, p.274, Macmillan

topic: Running, Humble, Marathon, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners