Marathon Quotes
Need a Little Inspiration?

Marathon quotes are a great tool for inspiration. I've sifted through a few hundred quotes to bring you the best and most useful. Feel free to send me quotes that you think would help out others.

"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."
-Emil Zatopek

"No pain, no gain."
- Athletic proverb

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the Gift."
- Steve Prefontaine, runner

"Good things come slow - especially in distance running."
- Bill Dellinger, Oregon coach

"I'll train like a madman, un loco. Well, not like a madman, perhaps, but as if it were my last race."
- Rudolfo Gomez, prior to the Los Angeles Olympic Games

"Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have nature and that is much better."
- Juha Väätäinen, Finland

"The marathon can humble you.”
- Bill Rodgers, Champion Marathoner

"Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance."
- Bruce Barton, advertising executive

"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club."
- Jack London

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