Marathon Quotes - Page 11

• I have so much to grapple with, I don't think too much about me. People call it the "dance of a thousand egos" when you make a movie. If only I had time to worry when I was making a movie about what the hell I was doing. It's sort of a marathon every day. And then at the end of it, you beg the producers for five more marathons.

  Andrew Niccol

  Thinking, People, Worry

  "Andrew Niccol on his new drone-warfare drama Good Kill". Interview with Sam Fragoso, film.avclub.com. May 20, 2015.

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• I would have to say the most challenging thing about directing is the sheer stamina because... as a director, you're always doing something. Someone always needs to talk to you. There are always decisions to be made and every day for as long as the movie goes on. So it's a marathon... You don't have to look nice, but it's all day every day.

  Michael Urie

  Nice, Long, Decision

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• I've had a lot of success over the years racing in New York, but the main point is that I feel the marathon is a different event, a lot more my event.

  Paula Radcliffe

  New York, Years, Racing

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• I try to avoid the temptation with time as a total indicator for what my possibilities are for the marathon. It's the not the best indicator, but it's more how you feel, how you cover the distance and how you are able to do the training afterward.

  Ryan Hall

  Distance, Temptation, Training

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• I like the marathon because it's one race where you can find out who's really the toughest. On the track, sometimes a guy can just pull away, and you want to stay with him but you don't have the leg speed. The marathon is slow enough that anyone can stay with you if he wants, if he has the will. The marathon is ultimately a test of will.

  Alberto Salazar

  Race, Track, Guy

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• When I was first running marathons, we were sailing on a flat earth. We were afraid we'd get big legs, grow mustaches, not get boyfriends, not be able to have babies. Women thought that something would happen to them, that they'd break down or turn into men, something shadowy, when they were only limited by their own society's sense of limitations.

  Kathrine Switzer

  Sports, Running, Baby

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• Rincewind had always been happy to think of himself as a racist. The One Hundred Meters, the Mile, the Marathon -- he'd run them all.

  Terry Pratchett

  Running, Thinking, Racist

  Terry Pratchett (1998). “The Last Continent: A Discworld Novel”, Harpercollins

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• I used to run a full marathon in three hours and 25 or 26 minutes. Not any more.

  Haruki Murakami

  Running, Three, Hours

  "Marathon man". Interview with Richard Williams, www.theguardian.com. May 16, 2003.

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• Not everybody is going to run a marathon or do a triathlon. It's not necessary to do that to be in good health.

  Michelle Obama

  Running, Good Health, Triathlon

  Source: www.popsugar.com

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• I change myself a lot. Some roles you don't want to be big, bulky, muscle-y guy and some roles you want to be a lean, marathon-runner physical type. And some roles you just don't want to be in shape.

  Patrick Heusinger

  Guy, Roles, Shapes

  "'Jack Reacher' Villain Patrick Heusinger on Playing Opposite Tom Cruise". Interview with Harper's Bazaar, www.harpersbazaar.com. October 24, 2016.

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• I do a lot of challenges I run marathons and stuff like that and I like to challenge myself.

  Michael Snow

  Running, Challenges, Stuff

  Source: www.realityravings.com

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• I have ten marathons under my belt, including four New York races and one Boston.

  Harvey Mackay

  New York, Race, Boston

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• Tamerlan Tsarnaev is telling no tales. The older of the two brothers who committed the Boston Marathon bombings was likely the one who planned the attack, but when he died in a shootout with police just days after the blasts, his thoughts and motivations vanished with him.

  Jeffrey Kluger

  Brother, Motivation, Boston

  "The Brain of a Bomber: Did Damage Caused By Boxing Play a Role in the Boston Bombings?" by Jeffrey Kluger, healthland.time.com. April 23, 2013.

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• I happen to be a huge 'Lord of the Rings' fan. I do an annual marathon of the extended editions.

  Anna Kendrick

  Fans, Lord, Annuals

  "Anna Kendrick,‘ParaNorman’ Star, On Her Yearly ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Marathon And Why ‘Twilight’ Was Her ‘Day Job’" by Mike Ryan, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 15, 2012.

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• Writing a book is like running a marathon. You need to be fit to do it, mentally and, as far as possible, physically.

  Catherine Mayer

  Running, Book, Writing

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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• Senator [Tom] Cotton has campaigned on wanting to kill Obamacare. He voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act back in January, but he now says, despite these marathon all-night sessions going on in the House, Republicans need to do better, they need to start over, they need to come up with something that the Senate says will actually reduce prices for insurance and keep it affordable.

  Rachel Maddow

  Night, Obamacare, Starting Over

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Jock Semple and I were at daggers drawn for five years, even though I kind of forgave him from the get-go. I knew he was an over-stressed race director, I knew he was protecting his race. It took five years because we had to do our homework - meaning we women - we did our legislative work and we officially got into the Boston Marathon. Then, all was forgiven by Jock Semple.

  Kathrine Switzer

  Race, Boston, Years

  Source: runningmagazine.ca

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• You know the marathon in my country is just exceptional. It's like soccer in England. If England win the world cup and Ethiopia win the marathon - it's the same.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Soccer, Country, Winning

  "Haile Gebrselassie bows to will of his people for one last hurrah". Interview with Anna Kessel, www.theguardian.com. May 14, 2011.

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• At the finish line of the 1967 Boston Marathon, one crabby journalist said it was just a one-off deal and women weren't going to run. Only a 20-year-old who had just run a marathon and was shot full of endorphin would say this but I said that there's going to come a day in our lives when women's running is as popular and as men's.

  Kathrine Switzer

  Running, Men, Boston

  Source: runningmagazine.ca

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• When I got the women's marathon into the Olympics and we had races all over the world I thought, 'That's great, now we're heading towards total equality.' Then you see that there are women who are still not allowed to drive, get an education, or travel unless they have a male companion or can't carry their passport. There are those who are mired with incredible poverty in North Africa, the mid-east, South East Asia and there's a ridiculous amount of human trafficking.

  Kathrine Switzer

  Race, World, Olympics

  Source: runningmagazine.ca

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• What could be funnier than a fat person trying to run a marathon?

  Jo Brand

  Running, Trying, Fats

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• Marathons are hard because of the physical pain, the pounding on the muscles, joints, tendons.

  Lance Armstrong

  Pain, Joints, Muscles

  Interview with Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. November 18, 2008.

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• I gave birth to my first son in April 1986. I thought it would be a good goal to get back in shape after having a baby if I ran the New York City Marathon. I ran in it November 1986. I had just shot the 'Sports Illustrated' swimsuit issue, so I was in great shape.

  Kim Alexis

  Sports, Baby, New York

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• Anybody who is running a marathon or doing a walkathon, doing a fundraiser for their school, their company, by far it's guaranteed the easiest and most fun way to quickly set up a fundraising campaign and send it around to your friends and family.

  Edward Norton

  Running, Fun, School

  Interview with Teena Apeles, www.askmen.com.

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• I remember thinking that a girdle was barbaric, and that never in a million years would I treat myself like a sleeping bag being shoved into a stuff sack. Never! Instead, I would run marathons and work out and be in perfect shape and reject the tyranny of the girdle forever.

  Susan Orlean

  Running, Sleep, Thinking

  "Bulge" by Susan Orlean, www.newyorker.com. October 15, 2010.

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