"I run so my goals in life will continue to get bigger instead of my belly."
Bill Kirby
"No doubt a brain and some shoes are essential for marathon success. Although if it comes down to a choice, pick the shoes. More people finish marathons with no brains than with no shoes."
Don Kardong
"It's a hill. Get over it."
From a runner's T-shirt
“I go running when I have to. Like when the ice cream truck is doing sixty.” – Wendy Liebman
"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
“Oh yes I will work out today. I will work out a way to avoid running for a stupid cause.”
Stanley from The Office
"Run like you stole something."
Unknown
"Run like hell and get the agony over with."
Clarence DeMar
"Marathon runners with bad shoes suffer the agony of de feet."
Unknown
"How do you know if someone ran a marathon? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you."
Jimmy Fallon
"Remember, the second most important thing to choosing the right shoe is choosing the left one."
Unknown
“I would sooner be prime minister of the moon than run another marathon. I’ve been really lucky. I didn’t have any toenails fall off or anything disgusting like that. I still have all three nipples.”
– Ryan Reynolds, actor
"Finland has produced so many brilliant distance runners because back home it costs $2.50 a gallon for gas."
Esa Tikkannen
"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second."
William James
"It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it."
Brooks Johnson
"If you start to feel good during an ultra, don't worry, you will get over it."
Gene Thibeault
"Runner's logic: I'm tired. Let me go for a run."
Unknown
“Running: Cheaper than therapy.”
-seen on runner’s T-shirt
"The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass."
Martin Mull
"Running makes me feel less like I want to kill people."
From a runner's T-shirt