George Takei Quotes

I can't believe anyone would voluntarily run 26 miles. Sometimes I sit on the couch cross-legged because I don't feel like walking to the bathroom.

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.

Yes, my dad's a marathoner. He used to do sprint distances and then started marathoning. My mom is an endurance animal. She does three-day events like the Susan G. Komen three-day walk.

Running is my bedrock activity.

My dad was a big runner. Growing up, I watched him do half marathons, and he was always running six or seven miles.

I wouldn't say I'm a phenomenon, just a great athlete.

I've no desire to do one of those 50-mile races like the Comrades or anything like that.

I was about 14, and my friend's stepdad asked me to do a 10K with him because his son - who was more into basketball - didn't want to. It was amazing, and I still remember the time I got: 48:23.

Whenever I'm being invited to the New York City Marathon like today, I need to think twice because I know it's a very tough race.

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

As a scientist, I play in the top league - the Olympics, the World Championships - and I want to be in the lead. As a runner, I set personal goals, and I want to push beyond my own personal limits. I was very happy when I practiced for several months and then reached my goal to run a marathon in 2:50.

I realised I could run after finding out that my dad used to run and it gave me the morale that if he did it then maybe I could also run.

My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.

I want to run until I can't run.

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

I would like to be as fit as I've always been. I've been blessed with good health, I've been blessed with stamina. Particularly for those great classical roles, you need an Olympian stamina. I, fortunately, have that.

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 don't know why I run so fast. I just run.

About once a year, I do these long-distance relays with some friends of mine, and it takes about 27 or 28 hours to complete it.

I dream about running all the time.

It took me time to realize that the men who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon are just men, just like me.

When I ran across America, for 75 days I ate 10,000 calories a day. I still lost about five pounds.

I like to think of myself as a pretty good athlete, I don't think I'm a great sprinter, but 200, 400, maybe 800. I won't say excel in them, but I'd do pretty good.