Best Marathon Motivational Quotes

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.

To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who’s never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who was born blind.

The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be strong. You always go too far for your body. You must handle the pain with strategy…It is not age; it is not diet. It is the will to succeed.

The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.

There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child, an artist and a saint. So, too, are you. Find your own play, your own self-renewing compulsion, and you will become the person you are meant to be.

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.

Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

The pride in finishing a marathon is much greater than all the pain endured during the marathon.

It’s very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.

You shall become the person you are.

Listen to your body. Do not be a blind and deaf tenant.

The difference between the mile and the marathon is the difference between burning your fingers with a match and being slowly roasted over hot coals.

You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can’t know what’s coming.

Running is a road to self-awareness and reliance-you can push yourself to extremes and learn the harsh reality of your physical and mental limitations or coast quietly down a solitary path watching the earth spin beneath your feet.

The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit

It’s at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you’ll win… channel your energy. Focus.

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn’t matter whether you’re the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you’d better be running.

Good things come slow, especially in distance running.

There’s no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.

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

There’s no such thing as bad weather – only the wrong clothes.

Just put one foot in front of the other.

The marathon can humble you.

My whole feeling in terms of racing is that you have to be very bold. You sometimes have to be aggressive and gamble.

I had as many doubts as anyone else. Standing on the starting line, we’re all cowards.