Veronica Webb Quotes

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.

My husband and I both have our bucket lists. Running a marathon was on mine.

I thought about running a marathon a long time ago, but I'm just not a runner.

I used to run a full marathon in three hours and 25 or 26 minutes. Not any more.

There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my own limits.

Once in a while, when I'm out on the lawn, I'll jump around and do a couple of things. Here's a secret: The older you get, the more difficult it gets. The smallest little injury stays with you for so long. But that's how it goes, and it doesn't stop me. I'm always ready to do something that hurts a little!

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

I started running outside when I was at 'Biggest Loser.' Then I got runner's knee, and thought I was never going to be able to shake it. When I overcame that and ran the L.A. Marathon, it was such an amazing thing, and now running is such a part of my routine.

I was really unfit for a while, so once I began running, I developed an obsession with it and started feeling really good. Then I thought I'd run a marathon after watching the London Marathon on TV. So I did it and had a good time. And then I ended up doing a bunch, and I was like, 'What if I could go further?' So I found out about Ultra Marathons.

Where the marathon starts is after 30 kilometers. That's where you feel pain everywhere in your body. The muscles are really aching, and only the most prepared and well-organized athlete is going to do well after that.

I always said that I took a lot energy, a lot of time for me to recover and come back to the sport and join back in F1, but I would like to stay.

It is not easy to participate in the 21 km. marathon. It takes a lot of energy, determination, and will power. It takes months to train to reach that mark with a proper diet chart.

I always thought if you run a Marathon in less than 4 hours, there is a tick of athletic accomplishment in that. Anything over that is just an old guy with a hard head who isn't going to stop until he's done.

A goal casually set and lightly taken is freely abandoned at the first obstacle.

You're sitting at home in a cast or a boot and it's tough, because all you've got is negative thoughts going through your head. Once you start to move and run a little bit, the confidence comes back, and then it's just a matter of time before you come back to be yourself.

I'll try to play as long as I can stay healthy.

I had a goal. I was on a mission. And somewhere along the line I lost sight of what I was supposed to be doing. I got out of my training program.

It's hard to keep training at your best, but I made sure I did for when the time came, or when I did get opportunities like at Palace.

My swim coach was very tough on me, and I respond well to that training... being pushed to my limit.

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

I'd quite like to run the Great Wall of China. I've never been to China and there's something about the Great Wall of China that is so iconic and evocative. It's only 3,000 miles. It's not that far.

As long as I still feel a passion for the sport and preparing for these big competitions, I will carry on fighting.

I'm ready to run; it's my job.

I am full time athlete.

Eighty-two games, it's a long season.