"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start."
-- John Bingham, AKA The Penguin
To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who's never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who is born blind."
-- Jerome Drayton
"Most people run a race to see who is fastest. I run a race to see who has the most guts."
-- Steve Prefontaine
"Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started."
--- anonymous
"The will to win means nothing if you haven't the will to prepare."
-- Juma Ikangaa,1989 NYC Marathon winner
"It hurts up to a point and then it doesn't get any worse."
-- Ann Trason
"Tough times don't last but tough people do."
-- A.C. Green
"We
are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win
something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a
marathon."
-- Ernil Zatopek
