Lebow Quotes

#1. The marathon is a charismatic event. It has everything. It has drama. It has competition. Every jogger can't dream of being an Olympic champion, but he can dream of finishing a marathon.

Fred Lebow

#2. What Fred Lebow went through was an inspiration for me. You have to set goals for yourself.

Grete Waitz

#3. In running, it doesn't matter whether you come in first, in the middle of the pack, or last. You can say, 'I have finished.' There is a lot of satisfaction in that.

Fred Lebow

#4. A song like 'Osito Carpintero' came straight from the Pedro Infante films, movies that all the kids in Mexico watched.

Thalia

#5. The Big Lie makes those who toil appear to be idle, while those who speak into dictaphones appear to be the hard workers.

Rosemary Radford Ruether

#6. You want a little talent on that?

Chet Atkins

#7. Trust no one, I scold myself. Even if they smell good.

Lydia Kang

#8. Canada is not a melting-pot. Canada is an association of peoples who have, and cherish, great differences but who work together because they can respect themselves and each other.

Vincent Massey

#9. Training is like putting money in a bank. You deposit money, and then you can take it out.

Fred Lebow

#10. As you get older, you have more time on your hands. Some people do croswords and others jigsaws, but I garden.

Michael Winner

#11. I was brought up on Dickens. I remember reading 'Bleak House' but, coming back to it, I didn't remember much about it apart from a few characters.

Burn Gorman

#12. You feel good while you're running and you feel even better when you're finished.

Fred Lebow

#13. Love is a battle," said Marie-Claude, still smiling. "And I plan to go on fighting. To the end."
Love is a battle?" said Franz. "Well, I don't feel at all like fighting." And he left.

Milan Kundera

#14. I don't think anybody who has any wisdom regrets a minute of their life, as long as it takes you to the next minute, when things get a little better, and even when it doesn't.

Allan Gurganus

#15. Don't tell me what to feel. All my fucking life, people have been telling me I do things wrong. I'm always the fucking asshole. I look around and I see everybody else is infinitely more fucked up than I am.

Hank Moody

#16. Few things in life match the thrill of a marathon.

Fred Lebow

#17. When you run in the morning, you gain time. It's like stretching 24 hours into 25. You may need less sleep and get up earlier, but if you can get by that, running early seems to expand the day.

Fred Lebow