“Oh yes I will work out today. I will work out a way to avoid running for a stupid cause.”
Stanley from The Office
"If found on ground, please drag to finish line."
From a runner's T-shirt
"Running makes me feel less like I want to kill people."
From a runner's T-shirt
"Run like hell and get the agony over with."
Clarence DeMar
"I love running cross country. On a track, I feel like a hamster."
Robin Williams
"It's rude to count people as you pass them. Out loud."
From an Adidas ad
"Start slow, then taper off."
Walt Stack
"If the hill has its own name, then it's probably a pretty tough hill."
Marty Stern
“Running: Cheaper than therapy.”
-seen on runner’s T-shirt
"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
"Marathon runners with bad shoes suffer the agony of de feet."
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
"Slow runners make fast runners look good. Thank you."
From the back of a T-shirt
"I go running when I have to. Like when the ice cream truck is doing sixty."
Wendy Liebman
"The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again."
Erma Bombeck
"It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it."
Brooks Johnson
"Finland has produced so many brilliant distance runners because back home it costs $2.50 a gallon for gas."
Esa Tikkannen
"A good run is like a cup of coffee. I'm much nicer after I've had one."
Unknown
"It's unnatural for people to run around the city streets unless they are thieves or victims. It makes people nervous to see someone running. I know that when I see someone running on my street, my instincts tell me to let the dog go after him."
Mike Royko
"How do you know if someone ran a marathon? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you."
Jimmy Fallon