Marathon Quotes - Page 17

• 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.

  Kristin Bauer van Straten

  Fighting, Race, Suffering Of Others

  "Interview with True Blood Star, Kristin Bauer". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. December 31, 2013.

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• You work for so long on a graphic novel that it's easy to question your ideas or to burn out on drawing. But you plug away at it and trust in the story you want to tell. It's a marathon, but the finished product is really satisfying.

  Vera Brosgol

  Ideas, Drawing, Long

  "Five questions for Vera Brosgol". Interview with Elissa Gershowitz and Katie Bircher, www.hbook.com. September 12, 2016.

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• US government policies are continuing to do exactly the same thing [produce terrorism]. Two days after the Boston marathon bombings, there was a drone strike in Yemen attacking a peaceful village, which killed a target who could very easily have been apprehended. But of course it is just easier to terrorise people.

  Noam Chomsky

  Government, Boston, Two

  Source: www.dawn.com

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• I don't smoke, don't drink much, and go to the gym five times a week. I live a healthy lifestyle and feel great. I can run a marathon, you know.

  Sarah Michelle Gellar

  Fitness, Running, Healthy

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

  Mike Huckabee

  Short Life, Emotion, Sprint

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• For every runner who tours the world running marathons, there are thousands who run to hear leaves and listen to rain and look to the day when it all is suddenly as easy as a bird in flight.

  George A. Sheehan

  Running, Rain, Bird

  "Dr. George Sheehan on getting fit & feeling great".

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• When I go to the Boston Marathon now, I have wet shoulders—women fall into my arms crying. They're weeping for joy because running has changed their lives. They feel they can do anything.

  Kathrine Switzer

  Running, Fall, Boston

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• Every runner has a specific motivation and inspiration for running a marathon. This year, all 36,000 of us will 'run together' to demonstrate the spirit of the marathon. We will still have our individual motivations, but we will be unified under the Boston Strong umbrella.

  Meb Keflezighi

  Running, Strong, Motivation

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• I ran my fastest marathon in the rain.

  Bill Rodgers

  Rain, Ran

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• Within each of us is a hidden store of energy. Energy we can release to compete in the marathon of life.

  Roger Dawson

  Energy, Release, Stores

  Roger Dawson (1994). “The 13 secrets of power performance”, Prentice Hall Direct

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• In the end, the American dream is not a sprint, or even a marathon, but a relay. Our families don't always cross the finish line in the span of one generation. But each generation passes on to the next the fruits of their labor.

  Julian Castro

  Dream, Generations, Lines

  "Michelle Obama makes the political and personal case for four more years" by Ewen MacAskill, www.theguardian.com. September 5, 2012.

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• To finish will leave you feeling like a champion and positively change your life.

  Jeff Galloway

  Running, Champion, Feelings

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• The pride in finishing a marathon is much greater than all the pain endured during the marathon.

  Hal Higdon

  Running, Pain, Pride

  Hal Higdon (2005). “Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide”, p.347, Rodale

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• A daily creative project is like a marathon. It's a ridiculously daunting task, but making an original creation every day gives you an incredible sense of accomplishment. It also forces you to push beyond your mental and physical barriers (especially the ones you've erected for yourself). You'll be amazed at what you produce and what you learn about yourself in the process.

  Noah Scalin

  Creativity, Giving, Accomplishment

  Noah Scalin (2016). “365 Expanded Edition: A Daily Creativity Journal”, p.3, Voyageur Press (MN)

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• Motivation remains key to the marathon: the motivation to begin; the motivation to continue; the motivation never to quit.

  Hal Higdon

  Running, Motivation, Keys

  Hal Higdon (2011). “Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide: Advice, Plans, and Programs for Half and Full Marathons”, p.207, Rodale

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• Never run more than 3 hours straight in training, whether your marathon best is 2:42 or 4:24.

  Ed Eyestone

  Running, Training, Hours

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• Analysis is a glittering opportunity for training: it is just here that capacity for work, perseverence and stamina are cultivated, and these qualities are, in truth, as necessary to a chess player as a marathon runner.

  Lev Polugaevsky

  Opportunity, Player, Training

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• I have several close friends who have run marathons, a word that is actually derived from two Swahili words: mara, which means 'to die a horrible death', and thon, which means 'for a stupid T-shirt.' Look it up.

  Celia Rivenbark

  Running, Stupid, Mean

  Celia Rivenbark (2009). “You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Morning”, p.183, Macmillan

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• We runners are all a little nutty, but we're good people who just want to enjoy our healthy, primitive challenge. Others may not understand running, but we do, and we cherish it. That's our only message.

  John J. Kelley

  Running, People, Challenges

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• Men, today we die a little.

  Emil Zatopek

  Men, Littles, Today

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• The night before my amputation, my former basketball coach brought me a magazine with an article on an amputee who ran in the New York Marathon. It was then I decided to meet this new challenge head on and not only overcome my disability, but conquer it in such a way that I could never look back and say it disabled me.

  Terry Fox

  Basketball, New York, Night

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• Wounded Warriors tell me they're not just going to walk again, they're going to run, and they're going to run marathons!

  Michelle Obama

  Running, Warrior, Walks

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• I think I bit off more than I could chew. I thought the marathon would be easier. For the level of condition that I have now... that was without a doubt the hardest physical thing I have ever done.

  Lance Armstrong

  Running, Thinking, Doubt

  "A legend learns to respect the distance" by Eugene Wallingford, www.cs.uni.edu. November 7, 2006.

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

  Robert Herjavec

  Opportunity, Runners, Sprint

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• The marathon is my only girlfriend. I give her everything I have.

  Toshihiko Seko

  Girlfriend, Giving

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