"Run like hell and get the agony over with."
Clarence DeMar
"Running makes me feel less like I want to kill people."
From a runner's T-shirt
“Running: Cheaper than therapy.”
-seen on runner’s T-shirt
"Good things come slow. Especially in distance running."
Bill Dellinger
"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
"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 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
"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
"It's a hill. Get over it."
From a runner's T-shirt
"Run. Because zombies will eat the untrained ones first."
From the Zombie Apocalypse Survival Guide
"I don't believe in jogging. It extending your life, but by about the same amount of time you spend jogging."
Marshall Brickman
"The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again."
Erma Bombeck
"Remember, the second most important thing to choosing the right shoe is choosing the left one."
Unknown
"If found on ground, please drag to finish line."
From a runner's T-shirt
“I go running when I have to. Like when the ice cream truck is doing sixty.” – Wendy Liebman
"Run like you stole something."
Unknown
"Act like a horse. Be dumb. Just run."
Jumbo Elliot
“Running a marathon takes balls, other sports just play with them.” – Unknown
"I go running when I have to. Like when the ice cream truck is doing sixty."
Wendy Liebman
"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