"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second."
William James
"I don't believe in jogging. It extending your life, but by about the same amount of time you spend jogging."
Marshall Brickman
“Running a marathon takes balls, other sports just play with them.” – 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
"Jogging is for people who aren't intelligent enough to watch television."
Victoria Wood
"Good things come slow. Especially in distance running."
Bill Dellinger
"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
"Remember, the second most important thing to choosing the right shoe is choosing the left one."
Unknown
"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
Step one to running a marathon: You run. There is no step two.
-Barney Stinson (How I Met Your Mother)
"Run like you stole something."
Unknown
"It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it."
Brooks Johnson
"Your sweat is your fat crying. Keep it up."
From a runner's T-shirt
"If God invented marathons to keep people from doing anything more stupid, the triathlon must have taken him completely by surprise."
P.Z. Pearce
"I love running cross country. On a track, I feel like a hamster."
Robin Williams
"Runner's logic: I'm tired. Let me go for a run."
Unknown
"If you feel bad at 10 miles, you're in trouble. If you feel bad at 20 miles, you're normal. If you don't feel bad at 26 miles, you're abnormal."
Rob de Castella
"Run. Because zombies will eat the untrained ones first."
From the Zombie Apocalypse Survival Guide
"Running makes me feel less like I want to kill people."
From a runner's T-shirt
"I believe that the good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and I'm damned if I'm going to use up mine running up and down a street."
Neil Armstrong