"It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it."
Brooks Johnson
"Jogging is very beneficial. It's good for your legs and your feet. It's also very good for the ground. It makes it feel needed."
Charles Schulz
"How do you know if someone ran a marathon? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you."
Jimmy Fallon
"Finland has produced so many brilliant distance runners because back home it costs $2.50 a gallon for gas."
Esa Tikkannen
"If the hill has its own name, then it's probably a pretty tough hill."
Marty Stern
"There are many challenges to long distance running, but one of the greatest is the question of where to put one’s house keys."
Gabrielle Zevin
"Run like you stole something."
Unknown
"I run so my goals in life will continue to get bigger instead of my belly."
Bill Kirby
"I go running when I have to. Like when the ice cream truck is doing sixty."
Wendy Liebman
"Slow runners make fast runners look good. Thank you."
From the back of a T-shirt
"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
“Running a marathon takes balls, other sports just play with them.” – Unknown
"The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass."
Martin Mull
"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second."
William James
"Run like there's a hot guy in front of you and a creepy one behind you."
Unknown
"Your sweat is your fat crying. Keep it up."
From a runner's T-shirt
"Running makes me feel less like I want to kill people."
From a runner's T-shirt
"The trouble with jogging is that by the time you realize you're not in shape for it, it's too far to walk back."
Franklin Jones
"The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again."
Erma Bombeck
“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