Marathon Quotes

Some things are won by pace, not speed.

This collection uses the marathon as both sport and metaphor - one voice compares a grueling three-hour show to running a marathon while solving equations, another calls math research more of a marathon than a sprint.


There's also room for the real thing: a triathlon finisher who has run a marathon more than once, and someone recalling the year they ran the LA Marathon. Find more on pushing limits in our Big quotes.