1. "The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again."
- Erma Bombeck
2. "You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming. "
- Frank Shorter
3. "If you start to feel good during an ultra, don't worry, you will get over it."
- Gene Thibeault
4. "I'm going to go out a winner if I have to find a high school race to win my last race."
- Johnny Gray
5. "I don't think jogging is healthy, especially morning jogging. If morning joggers knew how tempting they looked to morning motorists, they would stay home and do sit-ups."
- Rita Rudner
6. "I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and I'm damned if I'm going to use up mine running up and down a street."
- Neil Armstrong
7. "I love running cross country....On a track, I feel like a hamster."
- Robin Williams
8. "I think people can handle 150 to 200 miles a week. But something has to give somewhere. If he's a student, how's he going to study? He may be at the age of chasing and courtship, and that's an important form of sport and recreation, too."
- Bill Bowerman
9. "It's unnatural for people to run around the city streets unless they are thieves or victims. It makes people nervous to see someone running. I know that when I see someone running on my street, my instincts tell me to let the dog go after him."
- Mike Royko
10. "We can't all be heroes because someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by."
- Will Rogers
