Training For A Marathon Quotes

I find that I get a little depressed if I don't move my body each day, so sometimes it's just as simple as walking, and other times it's training for a marathon or some kind of personal goal that I'm trying to meet.

The mile has all the elements of a drama.

Top results are achieved only through pain. But eventually you like this pain.

There are as many reasons for running as there are days in a year.... But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child.

We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves

The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit

No negative thoughts cross my mind on race day. When I look into their eyes, I know I'm going to beat them.

Marathoning is like cutting yourself unexpectedly. You dip into the pain so gradually that the damage is done before you are aware of it. Unfortunately, when the awareness comes, it is excruciating.

Marathon running is a terrible experience: monotonous, heavy, and exhausting.

You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming.

In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it.

The freedom of cross country is so primitive. It's woman vs. nature.

It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it.

Good things come slow, especially in distance running.

Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is much better.

It hurts up to a point and then it doesn't get any worse.

The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat.

The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.

Go in any direction..seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.

Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.

We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves...The more restricted our society and work become, the more necessary it will be to find some outlet for this craving for freedom. No one can say, 'You must not run faster than this, or jump higher than that.' The human spirit is indomitable.

You shall become the person you are.

It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.

Training for a marathon is much like climbing a ladder. Each ring is a short-term goal that must be met in sequence in order to reach the long-term goal at the top of the ladder.

The mile has a classic symmetry....It's a play in four acts.

The gun goes off and everthing changes... the world changes... and nothing else really matters.

Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go. It helps us to find out what we are made of. This is what we do. This is what it's all about.

Workouts are like brushing my teeth; I don't think about them, I just do them. The decision has already been made.

Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run

The marathon can humble you.

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.

It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.

A lot of people don't realize that about 98 percent of the running I put in is anything but glamorous: 2 percent joyful participation, 98 percent dedication! It's a tough formula. Getting out in the forest in the biting cold and the flattening heat, and putting in kilometer after kilometer.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me.

Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative.

The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be strong. You always go too far for your body. You must handle the pain with strategy...It is not age; it is not diet. It is the will to succeed.

I run to see who has the most guts.

Ask yourself: 'Can I give more?'. The answer is usually: 'Yes'.

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.

Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.

Your body will argue that there is no justifiable reason to continue. Your only recourse is to call on your spirit, which fortunately functions independently of logic.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.

My whole feeling in terms of racing is that you have to be very bold. You sometimes have to be aggressive and gamble.

A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.

I think comedy is the most difficult thing in the world, I really do.