Training For A Marathon Quotes

Training For A Marathon Quotes by Juha Vaatainen, John Landy, Emil Zatopek, Said Aouita, Frank Shorter, Friedrich Nietzsche and many others.

Top results are achieved only through pain. But eventua

Top results are achieved only through pain. But eventually you like this pain.
Juha Vaatainen
The mile has a classic symmetry….It’s a play in four acts.
John Landy
It’s at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.
Emil Zatopek
Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me.
Said Aouita
You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can’t know what’s coming.
Frank Shorter
You shall become the person you are.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Workouts are like brushing my teeth; I don’t think about them, I just do them. The decision has already been made.
PattiSue Plumer
It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
Mark Twain
You have to wonder at times what you’re doing out there. Over the years, I’ve given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.
Steve Prefontaine
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.
Jacqueline Gareau
If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want – Why? Because (a) you’ll burn all the calories you consume, (b) you deserve it, and (c) you’ll be injured soon and back on a restricted diet anyway.
Don Kardong
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.
Tim Noakes
The marathon can humble you.
Bill Rodgers
But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.
Robert Frost
I think comedy is the most difficult thing in the world, I really do.
Martha Graham
I always loved running… it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.
Jesse Owens
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.
John Farrington