To finish will leave you feeling like a champion and positively change your life.

I ran my fastest marathon in the rain.

You can run a sprint or your can run a marathon, but you can’t sprint a marathon.

Aiming for the marathon is a task of sorts which can include terrific highs and lows.

Marathon running, for me, was the most controlled test of mettle that I could ever think of. It’s you against Darwin.

I don’t smoke, don’t drink much, and go to the gym five times a week. I live a healthy lifestyle and feel great. I can run a marathon, you know.

The marathon can humble you.

Math research is more like a marathon.

To me, drum soloing is like doing a marathon and solving equations at the same time.

Motivation remains key to the marathon: the motivation to begin; the motivation to continue; the motivation never to quit.

The marathon never ceases to be a race of joy, a race of wonder.

Life is a marathon, not a sprint. It’s about taking a bigger-picture approach.

The marathon is not really about the marathon, it’s about the shared struggle. And it’s not only the marathon but the training.

It is difficult to train for a marathon, but it is even more difficult to not be able to train for a marathon.

If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.

All you need is the courage to believe in yourself and put one foot in front of the other.

There is a moment in every race. A moment where you can either quit, fold or say to yourself, ‘I can do this’.

Everything you wanted to know about yourself you can learn in 26.2 miles.

Learn to run when feeling the pain: then push harder.