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Financial winners don't run sprints, they run marathons. They don't rush. They do it step by step over time.
I think psychedelics are sort of like doing calisthenics in preparation for the marathon at the end of time.
The Federal appropriations process is a marathon, not a sprint, and we are at the beginning of that process.
It's not easy to run a marathon, I know it will be painful but when I start it, I know I'm going to finish it
At the end of a marathon, it's going to hurt whether you're speeding up or slowing down. You may as well push.
To an entrepreneur, closing a financing often feels like the end of a marathon. It's actually the starting gun.
Health is your greatest wealth, so experiencing a marathon and seeing what you're capable of is really special.
I always do an all-night horror marathon on Saturdays where we start at seven and go until five in the morning.
Not everybody is going to run a marathon or do a triathlon. It's not necessary to do that to be in good health.
When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.
I do a lot of marathons as training runs. If I'm somewhere and there's a marathon, I'll sign up and just go run it.
Marathon running, for me, was the most controlled test of mettle that I could ever think of. It's you against Darwin.
I want to do a movie on sports - like a movie on a racer or a marathon runner - as I feel I'll fit that bill perfectly.
Making a movie is like a marathon, and commercials are like sprints - they're equally satisfying, but in different ways.
Wounded Warriors tell me they're not just going to walk again, they're going to run, and they're going to run marathons!
For three years, I lived in a miniscule apartment on Beacon Street, less than a mile from the Boston Marathon explosions.
In my bright, utopian future world, they will hand out college educations like cups of water at the end of the L.A. Marathon.
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.
A doable goal for me is to finish a marathon under four hours. I'm doing all the training, but the hardest part is eating right.
I understand that people in the media want this to be a sprint every day, but the truth is a presidential campaign is a marathon.
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.
The music for 'The Last Five Years' is like running a 26-mile marathon, and singing Sondheim is like ballroom-dancing up Everest.
People don't realise how much energy it takes to sing and hit all those high notes - but I always feel like I've done a marathon.
All my friends are usually at festivals... I just have so much adrenaline running, I literally could run a marathon after my shows.
I love 'Real Housewives.' I love 'Love & Hip Hop.' I love HGTV. I love a good Guy Fieri marathon on Food Network. I like comfort TV.
I know what I want when I start a marathon: to win! But what do you want? Make sure you're clear in advance and don't go out too fast.
I always assumed that the reason I've never run a marathon is because I haven't bought a pair of shorts and arrived at the start line.
There's always somebody doing something more extreme than you are. It used to be that if you ran the marathon, that was the end of it.
In the marathon a crazy athlete can just keep pushing from the beginning, at a championship you don't need a time just to win the race.
Imagining what a character will do in a given situation - it's like an equation, and working it out is a marathon rather than a sprint.
If you don't ever stop singing, your voice stays in shape. It's like the marathon runner. You've got to run, run, run to stay in shape.
If you change your lifestyle, remember it's not a wind sprint, but it's a marathon you're embarked on, and you'll be able to stay there.
It's kind of like a midlife crisis kind of thing. When you turn 40, you have to run the marathon, while all the parts still work properly.
People have to realize that dieting is not a sprint, it's a marathon. If you celebrate the small victories, you will eventually win the war.
I remember when the photograph was taken. The famous one, I mean. The one of me being rushed from the Boston Marathon bombing without my legs.
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.
Life is a long marathon, and you have to be consistent. Anyone can sprint for 1500 meters, but you have pace yourself through your entire life.
I've been running a full marathon every year for more than 20 years, and my record is getting worse. Getting older, getting worse. It's natural.
We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon.
I don't smoke, don't drink much, and go to the gym five times a week. I live a healthy lifestyle and feel great. I can run a marathon, you know.
I was unable to walk for a whole week after that, so much did the race take out of me. But it was the most pleasant exhaustion I have ever known.
There's no way to become great overnight, but in the marathon of success, it takes a lot of intention to see you through each day of the journey.
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 look at directing as a sporting event. It's a race, a marathon. It's great when it clicks, which is why I push my crews so hard so we can excel.
The starting line of the New York Marathon is kind of like a giant time bomb behind you about to go off. It is the most spectacular start in sport.
The difference between the swimming marathon and the pool events is mainly down to the weather. Nature always gives us external factors to deal with.
I set myself some specific goals, but the key one is just getting myself into as good a shape as possible for one day this year: the Olympic marathon.
I've had a lot of success over the years racing in New York, but the main point is that I feel the marathon is a different event, a lot more my event.
Running a marathon was important to me, so I found time to train for it. Writing books is also important to me, so you know what? I carve out the time.
What makes me happy is just curling up in with my mom in her bed and watching a marathon of 'CSI' and 'Grey's Anatomy' episodes with pints of ice cream.