Sally Phillips Quotes

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 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.

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

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

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

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.

I might have to do the London Marathon. I like crowds, so that is why I like the big marathons.

The minimum I run each day is 2 1/2 miles. I'll get to the weekend, and sometimes I'll run 10 miles. I've gotten up to 16 miles on the weekend. Running keeps me locked in.

By running the N.Y.C. Marathon in 2008, I became a runner and I think that's what works the best for me and keeps my body the way I like it to be.

I can't even imagine what it's like to run for 5 or 6 hours.

We have sex like Kenyan marathon runners.

I found I could also be good in cross country. I don't think my running style has anything to do with it. If you have speed and your body feels good, you can do any distance.

Everyone is built for running.

Long distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.

I enter myself in races. I did a triathlon, and I have done a marathon a couple of times.

If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York.

A couple of years ago I ran in the LA Marathon.

People are so easily impressed by running, but I run pretty frequently.

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

You can run a sprint or your can run a marathon, but you can't sprint a marathon.

I want to run until I can't run.

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