Good Marathon Quotes

#1. I'm interested in Dathan Ritzenhein's future in the marathon, and I believe that's where we need to address some issues he seems to have. He's had good marathon coaches - both Brad Hudson and me. He's figured out the fueling. He's got this incredible aerobic engine. But something's still wrong.

Alberto Salazar

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

Haile Gebrselassie

#3. The key to running a good marathon is to not listen to anyone's advice the last week before the race. That's when people tend to do stupid things that disrupt all the input and training of the previous months.

Don Kardong

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

Adam Grant

#5. I'm convinced that we all harvest the fruits of our labors.

Benjamin Carson

#6. Being the lead of the show and working a lot of hours - all good stuff, a tremendous education, incredible opportunity, it changed my life - it was a marathon, and by the end of it I was pretty beat.

James Van Der Beek

#7. Work hard with passion and courage. Life is a marathon of contribution. You really must work hard to accomplish something ... Find your passion and get good at it.

Jeffrey R. Immelt

#8. A half marathon is a good way to have a bit of fun and race against those girls and learn a bit more about them. The world half marathon is a world championship at the end of the day and it's important. I've win it twice and it's a quality event.

Paula Radcliffe

#9. "You know that it is quite preposterous of you to chase rainbows," said the sane person to the poet. "Yet it would be rather beautiful if I did one day manage to catch one," mused the poet.

Thomas William Hodgson Crosland

#10. In the marathon obstacle course of a career, it's just good to have all the stats on paper for why you're not only a team player but also why it makes sense to support you in the projects you want to do - because you've made so much damned money for the studio.

Robert Downey Jr.

#11. It's always harder than you think to make a good film. Feature films are a hell of a marathon to say the least. It's kind of your endurance. How much can I push? How much do I care? How much time it takes is a nice reminder.

Shaul Schwarz

#12. I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck.

Haile Gebrselassie

#13. I've had such a hard time with dyslexia my whole life. When I was a child, I didn't learn to read until I was a lot older, and I was behind in my classes; it was such a challenge.

Charlotte McKinney

#14. 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.

Kara Goucher

#15. I'm not cool - quite the opposite. I'm a real geek.

Rachel Miner

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

Josh Ritter

#17. I gave birth to my first son in April 1986. I thought it would be a good goal to get back in shape after having a baby if I ran the New York City Marathon. I ran in it November 1986. I had just shot the 'Sports Illustrated' swimsuit issue, so I was in great shape.

Kim Alexis

#18. Reading was like a drug, a dope. The novels created moods in which I lived for days.

Richard Wright

#19. Running a marathon is just like reading a good book. After a while you're just not conscious of the physical act of reading.

Frank Shorter

#20. To cheer myself up, I try to remember the difference between short-term and long-term success. Living a good life and making a real mark on society is a marathon, not a sprint.

Tim Gunn

#21. It looks like a marathon. And I'm proud that I'm not a DNF (did not finish). I'm not a DNF yet. I just kept going. I think that's been the key is just to keep going and really try to get better and try to be as truthful as I can and hope that good things come my way.

Jennifer Beals

#22. There is but one freedom, To put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. I cannot force you to believe in God. Believing in God amounts to coming to terms with death. When you have accepted death, the problem of God will be solved, and not the reverse.

Albert Camus

#23. What she can't get into her narrow mind is that we're above such things as love. Our whole aim - the whole sense of our life - is to avoid petty illusions that stop us being free and happy. On, on, on!

Anton Chekhov

#24. I set myself some specific goals, but the key one is just getting myself into as good a shape as possible for one day this year: the Olympic marathon.

Paula Radcliffe

#25. I don't sleep at night at all. Making movies is a marathon. I'm a good 100-yard-dash guy.

Gary David Goldberg