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.

Finish: Even if you run a slower than expected time, you succeed in any marathon when you finish.

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

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

Different people have different reasons for racing, but one is simply the incentive to get out and run, increase mileage and feel good.

Putting miles in your training log is like putting money in the bank. You begin to draw interest on it immediately.

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