1. Fred Lebow, New York City Marathon co-founder: "The marathon is a charismatic event. It has everything. It has drama.

It has competition. It has camaraderie. It has heroism. Every jogger can't dream of being an Olympic champion, but he can dream of finishing a marathon." 2. Frank Shorter, 1972 Olympic marathon gold medalist: "You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming." 3. Rob de Castella, winner 1983 World Marathon Championships: "If you feel bad at 10 miles, you're in trouble. If you feel bad at 20 miles, you're normal. If you don't feel bad at 26 miles, you're abnormal." 4. Emil Zatopek, Czech runner; winner of four Olympic gold medals: "We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon." 5. Bill Rodgers, winner of four Boston and four NYC marathons: "The marathon can humble you." 6. Unknown: "The thirst you feel in your throat and lungs will be gone minutes after the race is over. The pain in your legs within days, but the glory of your finish will last forever." 7. John Hanc, running writer "I've learned that finishing a marathon isn't just an athletic achievement. It's a state of mind; a state of mind that says anything is possible." 8. Hal Higdon, running writer and coach: "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." 9. Mike Fanelli, running club coach: "I tell our runners to divide the race into thirds. Run the first part with your head, the middle part with your personality, and the last part with your heart." 10. Ryan Hall, U.S Olympic marathoner, on running a marathon: "I don't think about the miles that are coming down the road, I don't think about the mile I'm on right now, I don't think about the miles I've already covered. I think about what I'm doing right now, just being lost in the moment." 11. Jacqueline Gareau, 1980 Boston Marathon champ: "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." 12. Uta Pippig: "I definitely want to show how beautiful the marathon can be. I am the opponent of all those who find the marathon bad: the psychologists, the physiologists, the doubters. I make the marathon beautiful for myself and for others. That's why I'm here. " 13. Frank Shorter: "You can actually suffer a little bit more going slowly than when you're going really fast. A faster marathon might even be easier than a slow one, in terms of what it takes out of you mentally. "

14. Ibrahim Hussein: "At the two-thirds mark, I think of those who are still with me. Who might make a break? Should I? Then I give it all I've got." 15. Grete Waitz, after winning her first of nine New York City marathons: "I'm never going to run this again." 16. Fred Lebow: "Few things in life match the thrill of a marathon." 17. Unknown: "It's not 26.2 miles...it's 10 water stops." 18. Barry Magee: "Anyone can run 20 miles. It's the next six that count." 19. Bill Wenmark, running coach "You should run your first marathon for the right reasons, because you'll never be the same person again. You must want to do it, not do it because your boss did it or your spouse did it." 20. Don Kardong: "The key to running a good marathon is to not listen to anyone's advice the last week before the race. That's when people tend to do stupid things that disrupt all the input and training of the previous months." 21. Seen on a running T-shirt: "Anyone can run a hundred meters, it's the next forty-two thousand and two hundred that count." 22. Gordon Bakoulis Bloch: "You can't cram for the final. By that, I mean you're not going to get any fitter during the last couple of weeks before the race. So don't try cramming any last minute long runs or extra training. The best thing you can do for your body is rest." 23. Asics: "First you feel like dying. Then you feel reborn." 24. John Bingham: "Marathons are about tenacity as much as talent." 25. John J. Kelly, winner of the 1952 Boston Marathon: "Marathoning is just another form of insanity." 26. Kathrine Switzer, women's marathoning pioneer: "If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon." 27. Jerry Lynch: "Concentrate on small segments of your race at a time. For example, rather than obsessing about the distance that remains, simply complete the next mile in good form...try another, then another, until the race is done." 28. Mary R. Wittenberg, president, New York Road Runners Club: "A marathoner is a marathoner regardless of time. Virtually everyone who tries the marathon has put in training over months, and it is that exercise and that commitment, physical and mental, that gives

meaning to the medal, not just the days effort, be it fast or slow. It's all in conquering the challenge." 29. Unknown: "Always concentrate on how far you've come, rather than how far you have left to go." 30. Jim Fortner: "Make your last thought before the start of a marathon: 'If I'm not worried that I'm running a little too slow in the first half, then I'm probably running too fast.'" 31. Ryan Hall: "More than the time, it's about how you feel -- you want to be strong throughout the race." 32. Unknown: "At mile 20, I thought I was dead. At mile 22, I wished I was dead. At mile 24, I knew I was dead. At mile 26.2, I realized I had become too tough to kill." 33. Meb Keflezighi, U.S. Oympic marathoner: "Like the marathon, life can sometimes be difficult, challenging and present obstacles, however if you believe in your dreams and never ever give up, things will turn out for the best." 34. Steve Jobs: "There are times when you run a marathon and you wonder, Why am I doing this? But you take a drink of water, and around the next bend, you get your wind back, remember the finish line, and keep going." 35. Kiyoshi Nakamura "The marathon is an art; the marathoner is an artist." 36. Seen on a marathon spectator sign: "The person who starts the race is not the same person who finishes the race." 37. Hal Higdon: "The marathon never ceases to be a race of joy, a race of wonder." 38. Don Kardong: "No doubt a brain and some shoes are essential for marathon success, although if it comes down to a choice, pick the shoes. More people finish marathons with no brains than with no shoes." 39. Deena Kastor: "Marathons are extraordinarily difficult, but if you've got the training under your belt, and if you can run smart, the races take care of themselves. When you have the enthusiasm and the passion, you end up figuring how to excel." 40. Unknown: "A marathon is a string of moments, mixtures of events and emotions that we sample as we move along." 41. Bobbi Gibb, first woman to finish the Boston Marathon, 1966 "I thought about how many preconceived prejudices would crumble when I trotted right along for 26 miles." 42. Scott Douglas: "In the first half of the race, don't be an idiot. In the second half, don't be a wimp!" 43. Jeff Galloway

"To finish will leave you feeling like a champion and positively change your life." 44. Unknown: "There will be days you don't think you can run a marathon. There will be a lifetime of knowing you have." 45. Dick Traum, first amputee to run the New York City Marathon: "That day remains very special to me and if I had one day to live over in my lifetime, it would be my first marathon." 46. Ryan Hall: "I want to run every race with a big heart."

47. "Good things come slow - especially in distance running." - Bill Dellinger, University of Oregon coach 48. "If you ever get a second chance in life for something, you've got to go all the way." - Lance Armstrong 49. "Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes his mind to do. We are capable of greater than we realize." - Norman Vincent Peale, author
50. "Running is a big question mark that's there each and every day. It asks you, 'Are you

going to be a wimp or are you going to be strong today?'" - Peter Maher, Irish-Canadian Olympian and Sub-2:12 marathoner
51. "He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat." - Napoleon Bonaparte, legendary

military leader
52. "I still bother with runners I call hamburgers. They're never going to run any record

times, but they can always fulfill their own potential." - Bill Bowerman, legendary University of Oregon track coach
53. "We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help

ourselves. The more restricted our society and work become, the more necessary it will be to find some outlet for this craving for freedom. No one can say, 'You must not run faster than this, or jump higher than that.' The human spirit is indomitable." - Sir Roger Bannister, first man to break the four minute mile 54. "The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win." - Sir Roger Bannister

55. "Most men take the straight and narrow. A few take the road less traveled. I chose to cut through the woods." Unknown 56. "Hills are speedwork in disguise." - Frank Shorter

57. "There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people." - Bill Bowerman

58. "What matters is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

59. "How does a kid from Coos Bay, with one leg longer than the other win races? All my life people have been telling me, 'You're too small Pre', 'You're not fast enough Pre', 'Give up your foolish dream Steve'. But they forgot something, I HAVE TO WIN." - Steve Prefontaine

60. "Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it." Oprah Winfrey, talk show host and marathon finisher 62. Most people run a race to see who is fastest. I run a race to see who has the most guts. Steve Prefontaine 63. "I prefer to remain in blissful ignorance of the opposition. That way I'm not frightened by anyone's reputation." - Ian Thompson, 2:09.12 marathon at the 1974 Commonwealth Games

64. I run with my head, my heart and my guts, because physically, I don't think I've got a great deal of talent or ability. I started at the bottom and worked up.-Steve Jones, former marathon world record holder 65. Somewhere in the world someone is training when you are not. When you race him, he will win. Tom Fleming 66. To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift. Steve Prefontaine 67. Fear is a great motivator. John Treacy, 1984 Olympic silver medalist 69. Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting. Steve McQueen 71. This is what really matters: running. This is where I know where I am. Steve Jones 72. A runner must run with dreams in his heart, not money in his pocket.

Emil Zatopek 75. Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside thema desire, a dream, a vision. Muhammad Ali 76. The truth is that running hurts. Unknown 77. You only ever grow as a human being if you're outside your comfort zone. Percy Cerutty 78. If you are going through hell, keep going. Winston Churchill 80. If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience another life... run a marathon. Emil Zatopek 81. Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. Albert Einstein 82. I always loved running... it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs. Jesse Owens 83. A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Winston Churchill 85. But if you never try you'll never know, Coldplay - Fix You 86. Running is a lot like life. Only 10 percent of it is exciting. 90 percent of it is slog and drudge. Dave Bedford, English distance runner 87. The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat. Bill Squires 88. The best way to predict the future is to create it. Stephen Covey 89. When in doubt, when in fear, be aggressive. Commit yourself and never look back. Unknown

90. Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not. Dr. George Sheehan 92. Run hard, be strong, think big! Percy Cerutty 93. Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast. Emil Zatopek 94. Life (and running) is not all about time but about our experiences along the way. Jen Rhines 95. Racing is the fun part; it's the reward of all the hard work. Kara Goucher 96. It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys. Emil Zatopek 97. Champions are everwhere; all you need is to train them properly... Arthur Lydiard 98. To keep from decaying, to be a winner, the athlete must accept pain - not only accept it, but look for it, live with it, learn not to fear it. Dr. George Sheehan