Motivation Quotes

"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

"The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass."

- Martin Mull

"Long distance running is 90% mental and the other half is physical."

- Rich Hall

"My doctor told me that jogging could add years to my life. I think he was right. I feel ten years older already."

- Milton Berle

"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

"If you start to feel good during an ultra, don't worry, you will get over it."

- Gene Thibeault

"The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again."

- Erma Bombeck

"I love running cross country. On a track, I feel like a hamster."

- Robin Williams

"Life is short. Running makes it seem longer."

- Baron Hansen

"If the hill has its own name, then it's probably a pretty tough hill."

- Marty Stern

"Jogging is for people who aren't intelligent enough to watch television."

- Victoria Wood

"Start slow, then taper off."

- Walt Stack

"I don't think jogging is healthy, especially morning jogging. If morning joggers knew how tempting they looked to morning motorists, they would stay home and do sit-ups."

- Rita Rudner

"It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it."

- Brooks Johnson

"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 run so my goals in life will continue to get bigger instead of my belly."

- Bill Kirby

"I go running when I have to. Like when the ice cream truck is doing sixty."

- Wendy Liebman

"We can’t all be heroes because someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by."

- Will Rogers

"I don't believe in jogging. It extends your life, but by about the same amount of time you spend jogging."

- Marshall Brickman

"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

"Marathoners: Life is too easy. I must find a way to make it much, much harder."

- Glennon Doyle

"I remember looking at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and thinking, ‘What have I signed up for here?’ It's one of those things where you're like, ‘Okay, here we go!’ Your corral starts off and you start running, and I guess the adrenaline kind of gets you going, and you're literally off to the races; you're fine."

- Al Roker

"Marathon runners with bad shoes suffer the agony of de feet."

"Slow runners make fast runners look good. Thank you."

"If found on ground, please drag to finish line."

"I consider my refusal to run today as resistance training."

"It's rude to count people as you pass them. Out loud."

"Run. Because zombies will eat the untrained ones first."

"Running won't solve all your problems. But then again, neither will housework."

"Running makes me feel less like I want to kill people."