Quotes and Sayings about Marathon

"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
(Related: Development, Muslim, Blame, Cause, Countries, Marathon, World)

"In the long term, improving investor confidence is a marathon, not a sprint."
- John Gavin
(Related: Confidence, Marathon)

"I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck."
- Haile Gebrselassie
(Related: Time, Luck, Marathon, Will)

"I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner."
- Haile Gebrselassie
(Related: Change, Marathon)

"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
(Related: Marathon)

"If you don't ever stop singing, your voice stays in shape. It's like the marathon runner. You've got to run, run, run to stay in shape."
- Sammy Hagar
(Related: Marathon, Singing, Voice)

"Our favorite: a former garbage dump converted into a riverside park. I first ran there more than 30 years ago when a marathon passed through this park that later became home to Pre's Trail."
- Joe Henderson
(Related: Home, First, Marathon, Years)

"I did a movie called Marathon Man and it was one of my best memories."
- Dustin Hoffman
(Related: Man, Marathon, Memories)

"Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best."
- Michael Johnson
(Related: Life, Work, Opportunity, Being, Hard work, Marathon, Moments)

"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
(Related: Love, End, Marathon, Months, Now, Running)

"I thought about running a marathon a long time ago, but I'm just not a runner."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Time, Thought, Marathon, Running)

"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
(Related: Quality, Day, End, Fun, Girls, Marathon, Race, World)

"The starting line of the New York Marathon is kind of like a giant time bomb behind you about to go off. It is the most spectacular start in sport."
- Bill Rodgers
(Related: Time, Marathon)

"The marathon can humble you."
- Bill Rodgers
(Related: Marathon)

"I always say if the marathon is a part-time interest, you will only get part-time results."
- Bill Rodgers
(Related: Interest, Marathon, Results, Will)

"I ran my fastest marathon in the rain."
- Bill Rodgers
(Related: Marathon, Rain)

"My goal is to break three hours in a marathon."
- Frank Shorter
(Related: Goal, Marathon)

"The marathon is all about energy management. I had planned to run it like a track race with strategic surges to blow up my competitors by putting them into oxygen debt, so that is the way I prepared."
- Frank Shorter
(Related: Management, Debt, Energy, Marathon, Race)

"I've run the marathon several times, so I definitely don't look like the Great Ancestor!"
- George Takei
(Related: Marathon)

"I always do an all-night horror marathon on Saturdays where we start at seven and go until five in the morning."
- Quentin Tarantino
(Related: Horror, Marathon)

"The Federal appropriations process is a marathon, not a sprint, and we are at the beginning of that process."
- Jim Walsh
(Related: Beginning, Marathon)

"I miss my Dad. My Dad loved cheesy monster movies, so we'd have Godzilla movie marathons. Those are some of my favorite memories, laughing at how the monster outfits were so bad, like black garbage bags for heads."
- Ahmet Zappa
(Related: Dad, Movies, Favorite, Memories)

"If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon."
- Emil Zatopek
(Related: Experience, Life, Marathon, Want)

"We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon."
- Emil Zatopek
(Related: Experience, Men, Marathon, Want)