Marathon Quotes - Page 8

• The real purpose of running isn't to win a race, it's to test the limits of the human heart.

  Bill Bowerman

  Running, Real, Heart

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• For Indigenous peoples , the impact of separating us from our heritage goes directly to the heart that pumps life through our peoples. To expect a people to be able to enjoy their culture without their cultural heritage and their sacred belongings is equivalent to amputating their legs and digging up the ground and asking them to run a marathon.

  Mick Dodson

  Leadership, Running, Heart

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• If it hurts, make it hurt more.

  Percy Cerutty

  Motivational, Running, Hurt

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• My goal is to break three hours in a marathon

  Frank Shorter

  Goal, Three, Hours

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• Life is for participating, not for spectating.

  Kathrine Switzer

  Life Is, Participating

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• I learned that people in wheelchairs are allowed to have marathons … which, to me, seems like cheating, but what are you gonna say?

  Sarah Silverman

  Funny, Cheating, Humor

  "The Sarah Silverman Program". Comedy, 2007–2010.

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• I did a movie called Marathon Man and it was one of my best memories.

  Dustin Hoffman

  Memories, Men, Best Memories

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• 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

  Thinking, Keys, Get Better

  Chicago Tribune, March 21, 2011.

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• I love my lifestyle now, but at the end of nine months, you're toast. You are toast. It's like running a marathon. You can't think while you're doing it. Especially when different directors come in who are not part of the posse, the circle

  Christopher Meloni

  Running, Thinking, Circles

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• Our journey of discipleship is not a dash around the track, nor is it fully comparable to a lengthy marathon. In truth, it is a lifelong migration toward a more celestial world.

  Neil L. Andersen

  Journey, Track, World

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• Fear is the strongest driving-force in competition. Not fear of one's opponent, but of the skill and high standard which he represents; fear, too, of not acquitting oneself well. In the achievement of greater performances, of beating formidable rivals, the athlete defeats fear and conquers himself.

  Franz Stampfl

  Motivational, Running, Athlete

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• Marathons are about tenacity as much as talent.

  John Bingham

  Running, Talent, Tenacity

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• All top international athletes wake up in the morning feeling tired and go to bed feeling very tired.

  Brendan Foster

  Motivational, Running, Morning

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• I'm going to go and leave my blood all over the track.

  Nick Rogers

  Motivational, Running, Blood

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• I don't train. I just run my 3-15 miles a day.

  Jack Foster

  Motivational, Running, Track

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• The Muslim world and its subset the countries of the Middle East have been left behind in the marathon of political, economic and human development. For that, there is a tendency to blame others as the primary cause

  Recep Tayyip Erdogan

  Country, Political, Middle East

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• I look at directing as a sporting event. It's a race, a marathon. It's great when it clicks, which is why I push my crews so hard so we can excel.

  Michael Bay

  Race, Events, Looks

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• If he raced his pregnant wife he'd finish third.

  Tommy Lasorda

  Baseball, Running, Wife

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• Being a giver is not good for a 100-yard dash, but it’s valuable in a marathon.

  Adam Grant

  Yards, Giver, Valuable

  Adam Grant (2013). “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success”, p.20, Penguin

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• Watching the spontaneous acts of kindness, compassion, and generosity, courage, and bravery in the aftermath of the Boston marathon bombings was so deeply moving. It is in our nature to want to help, to serve, to be part of something larger than ourselves. We have a desire to connect with others. We want to make a difference in the world. I would call this a spiritual longing to be whole, interrelated, interconnected.

  Terry Tempest Williams

  Spiritual, Kindness, Moving

  Source: therumpus.net

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• There are things I've always wanted to do. Things I may not be able to do, but I never really ruled them out - like running a marathon. It's all a matter of timing for me. I suppose I could probably do it if I planned it out right with medication. I don't set a whole lot of goals. It smacks a little bit of will to me, and I find that will is not the way to go for me.

  Michael J. Fox

  Running, Goal, May

  Interview with Rosemary Ellis, www.goodhousekeeping.com. February 18, 2009.

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• I realized that I was more of a sprinter than a marathon man. With a long, long project, I get bored easily.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Men, Long, Bored

  Source: collider.com

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• The marathon is an opportunity for redemption. Opportunity, because the outcome is uncertain. Opportunity, because it is up to you, and only you, to make it happen.

  Dean Karnazes

  Opportunity, Up To You, Redemption

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• Some beings will walk with you for the duration of this bodily existence, up to the very end. Some will come with bright promises, bright lights, but they fade quickly. Others come, they don’t look like they will go very far, but they are marathon runners; they’re there with you all the time. You cannot determine this... Somehow in the flow of your own unique river, you will see that everything is as it should be.

  Mooji

  Unique, Light, Rivers

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• Business is a marathon, and most of society thinks it's a sprint.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Thinking, Sprint

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