"Life is short. Running makes it seem longer."
Baron Hansen
"I go running when I have to. Like when the ice cream truck is doing sixty."
Wendy Liebman
"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second."
William James
"How do you know if someone ran a marathon? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you."
Jimmy Fallon
"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
"It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it."
Brooks Johnson
“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
“Running a marathon takes balls, other sports just play with them.” – Unknown
"It's rude to count people as you pass them. Out loud."
From an Adidas ad
"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
"A good run is like a cup of coffee. I'm much nicer after I've had one."
Unknown
"If God invented marathons to keep people from doing anything more stupid, the triathlon must have taken him completely by surprise."
P.Z. Pearce
"The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again."
Erma Bombeck
"Slow runners make fast runners look good. Thank you."
From the back of a T-shirt
"Run like you stole something."
Unknown
"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
"Good things come slow. Especially in distance running."
Bill Dellinger
"If found on ground, please drag to finish line."
From a runner's T-shirt
"I don't believe in jogging. It extending your life, but by about the same amount of time you spend jogging."
Marshall Brickman
"I love running cross country. On a track, I feel like a hamster."
Robin Williams