New York City Marathon Quotes

#1. 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

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

Ryan Hall

#3. Whenever I'm being invited to the New York City Marathon like today, I need to think twice because I know it's a very tough race.

Martin Lel

#4. Yesterday was the New York City Marathon. Republicans won in a landslide.

David Letterman

#5. When I came to New York in 1978, I was a full-time school teacher and track runner, and determined to retire from competitive running. But winning the New York City Marathon kept me running for another decade.

Grete Waitz

#6. I pulled a hamstring during the New York City Marathon. An hour into the race, I jumped off the couch ...

David Letterman

#7. Winning times in the New York City Marathon have not dropped all that much over the years, but rather U.S. runners went backward. In 1983, there were 267 U.S. men who broke 2:20 in a marathon, and by 2000 that number was down to 27.

Alberto Salazar

#8. Mary Keitany from Kenya won the women's race at the New York City Marathon. You can tell she was fast because guys on the street didn't even have time to finish their catcalls.

David Letterman

#9. I am a marathon runner. I ran the New York City marathon and almost died. I tried to run, like, a two-minute mile early on in the race. I was crazy enough to think I could win. After seven miles I thought I would die, but I slowed down my pace and kept going.

Sean Combs

#10. Years ago, manhood was an opportunity for achievement, now it is a problem to be overcome.

Garrison Keillor

#11. It is not all pleasure this exploration.

David Livingstone

#12. I was very curious about the world even at a young age, and I don't know at what point I became aware that other cultures believed in different religions, and my question was, 'Well, why don't they get to go to Heaven then?'

Brad Pitt

#13. Always remember that God will honor your sacrifice. "And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:13 KJV.

Nannette Elkins

#14. You need more wildness in your life.

Max Gladstone

#15. The day effort ceased, I also ceased. Because you cannot exist without effort, and you cannot exist without desire, and you cannot exist without striving.

Rajneesh

#16. It's just as much a stretch to believe in God as it is to be an Atheist

Bill O'Reilly

#17. Never cut corners, or accept anything that's second-rate.

Bruce Oldfield

#18. I wish I understood the beauty
in leaves falling. To whom
are we beautiful
as we go?

David Ignatow

#19. Life is not what you have or what you can keep. It is what you can bear to lose.

Kathleen Kent

#20. Death's but one more to-morrow.

Silas Weir Mitchell

#21. I don't have great running technique, but I like to run. I've heard from countless people that the last six miles of the marathon is all mental. But what better city to have this in than New York City where there are millions of people there supporting you?

Apolo Ohno

#22. These days, NORAD's peak period of public visibility is at Christmastime when it tracks the course of Santa and his sleigh.

Ted Koppel

#23. When I got back I found myself being very emotional about the time spent in Rwanda in a way that I hadn't been able to or allowed myself to be when we were there.

Hugh Dancy

#24. Astronomers, like burglars and jazz musicians, operate best at night.

Miles Kington

#25. I regret having been the bearer of ambiguous tidings.

David Brin