Michael Waltrip Quotes

I am a distance runner, a marathoner... literally and figuratively.

I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big races and I've had some big disappointments, but I enjoy the freedom of running and the challenge of training and competition as much now as when I first started back in high school.

I ran my first marathon in Florida in 1985. I had never run more than nine miles.

Of all the races, there is no better stage for heroism than a marathon.

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.

I've run the marathon several times, so I definitely don't look like the Great Ancestor!

I was a runner, a failed quarterback, third-string quarterback, but in track I was a 2-miler.

In the marathon anything can happen.

I want to run until I can't run.

I have ten marathons under my belt, including four New York races and one Boston.

Running a marathon is something I've always wanted to do.

Plenty of people who are 38 have run really well in the marathon.

I am a marathon runner. I ran the New York City marathon and almost died. I tried to run, like, a two-minute mile early on in the race. I was crazy enough to think I could win. After seven miles I thought I would die, but I slowed down my pace and kept going.

I have not had the chance to go out there and do myself justice in an Olympic marathon yet. I have not been able to get to an Olympic marathon injury-free yet.

My good health, coupled with joy of tobogganing and my desire to be the best, has helped me stay in professional sport for so long.

When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.

When I was around thirty, I met my own personal challenge and finished a few marathons under three hours, and I have completed many long bicycle tours.

I'd challenge myself to see how long I could go without a fall - on beam, I once went three weeks.

Marathon runners set explicit goals.

I ran the L.A. marathon and really loved the experience. Communal and wild and a gigantic challenge. Finishing that marathon means I can do more than I think. I think.

It's like running a marathon race. We train all hours of the day. When you are taking a bath, you are thinking of the flight.

It's hard to run a mile when you're not a miler and to kick when you've led all the way.

My best time is a 3:20 in Paris in 2010, and I trained to try for a 3-hour marathon in New York, but Hurricane Sandy hit, and it was canceled.

Running a marathon is unlike anything I have done. You can recall all those bad weights sessions or the work you had to do in pre-season, but marathon running is worse than any of it, probably the hardest thing I have had to do in my entire life.

My goals are to run the London Marathon and do the best that I can.