Quotes about Runner

Runner up is champion of the losers. Votes: 3

I could talk about Blade Runner forever. Votes: 3

Blade Runner' is one of my favorite films. Votes: 3

'Blade Runner' is one of my favorite films. Votes: 3

The people who really resurrected 'Blade Runner' was 'MTV.' Votes: 3

Blade Runner helped make my career. Everybody was in it. Who knew? Votes: 3

My life and creative work are justified and completed by Blade Runner. Votes: 3

WINNER:is A Runner who "Wins Inspite Of Ninety Nine Excellent Runners! Votes: 3

I feel like the world of Blade Runner makes more sense than this one. Votes: 3

Yeah, we're working on [Blade Runner 2] right now - that will happen sooner or later. Votes: 3

The novel [The Kite Runner] came about as an expansion of that original, unpublished short story. Votes: 3

[Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns] is not just unique to books, but films and music. Votes: 3

For me, 'The Kite Runner' became about a guy who's emotionally shut down because he hasn't confronted his past. Votes: 3

Those who saw Kite Runner loved the film, for the most part, people seemed to really like the film. Votes: 3

The story line of my novel [The Kite Runner] is largely fictional. The characters were invented and the plot imagined. Votes: 3

There [in The Kite Runner] certainly are, as is always the case with fiction, autobiographical elements woven through the narrative. Votes: 3

'Blade Runner' was a comic strip. It was a comic strip! It was a very dark comic strip. Comic metaphorically. Votes: 3

The Kite Runner is a story of two boys and a father, and the strange love triangle that binds them. Votes: 3

I also felt The Kite Runner was a story that would lend itself well to a visual retelling in a graphic novel. Votes: 3

Blade Runner' is such a unique film. How do you describe a diamond? I don't think you should ever touch it again. Votes: 3

'Blade Runner' is such a unique film. How do you describe a diamond? I don't think you should ever touch it again. Votes: 3

You have to bear in mind that Mr. Autry's favorite horse was named Champion. He ain't ever had one called Runner Up. Votes: 3

I like the old-school Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoons. I'm talking Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, Bugs Bunny and Marvin the Martian! Votes: 3

I have a particular disdain for Islamic extremism, and of course, in both 'The Kite Runner' and 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' that's obvious. Votes: 3

I think the future stopped looking American when you think back to Blade Runner and Neuromancer, when it started to look more Japanese. Votes: 3

Blade Runner was an incredibly influential movie, in terms of the way that it envisioned what the future was going to look like. Votes: 3

If you look at 'Blade Runner,' it's been cut sixteen ways from Sunday, and there are all kinds of different versions of it. Votes: 3

When I was a kid, 'Blade Runner' was my favorite movie. I remember seeing that when I was a little boy with my dad. Votes: 3

When I was a kid, Blade Runner was my favorite movie. I remember seeing that when I was a little boy with my dad. Votes: 3

Once, I got slaughtered after 'Blade Runner' by Pauline Kael: three pages of slaughter. I was so offended, I would never read any more press. Votes: 3

I want to do my Blade Runner, which is like a future Berlin film, which is like a thriller, but it's much deeper characters, I think. Votes: 3

Though The Kite Runner was my first completed novel, I had been writing on and off for most of my life, primarily short stories, and primarily for myself. Votes: 3

There are, however, those who have called the book [The Kite Runner] divisive and objected to some of the issues raised in the book, namely racism, discrimination, ethnic inequality etc. Votes: 3

Even after The Kite Runner was published I continued to practice for another eighteen months. But I had always had a love of writing and a compulsion to do it. Votes: 3

When I saw 'Blade Runner,' my understanding was that 'Blade Runner' and 'Alien' were sequels to each other - or they were related. They were set in the same world. Votes: 3

It's like I'm stuck in a time bubble. Memories keep coming back, and of course, memories are a huge part of literature and cinema, from "Stand by Me" to "Blade Runner." Votes: 3

I'm big and a lot of the stars are smaller so if you're big and mean looking, you play bad guys. After Blade Runner, I was the meanest guy in Hollywood. Votes: 3

I would like to see a fierce Fantasia mixed with Blade Runner, Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars all in one. That's the kind of movies I want to make. Votes: 3

By then The Kite Runner had become quite successful and I found myself in a position that I had always dreamed of my whole life, which was to write for a living. Votes: 3

Blade Runner was the godfather of all these fantastic movies that occur today. What's frustrating is that we're short of really great writing and great ideas. Blade Runner was full of them. Votes: 3

The experience of writing 'The Kite Runner' is one I will always think back on with fondness. There is an energy, a romance in writing the first novel that can never be duplicated again. Votes: 3

I like to go and watch 'Blade Runner,' which made no sense but which I loved going into that world. I think people loved going into the world of 'Dune' with all of its problems. Votes: 3

It so happens that the major relationships in the novel [The Kite Runner] are between men, dictated not by any sort of prejudice or discomfort with female characters, but rather by the demands of the narrative. Votes: 3

The film [Kite Runner] was not as big a hit in the United States as it was worldwide, I think it may have been swallowed up by all the other movies it had to go up against. Votes: 3

With 'Worst. Person. Ever.' I knew where it started and where it had to end, but I threw Raymond as many curveballs as I could along the way. He's like the coyote in the 'Road Runner' cartoons. Votes: 3

It's hard when you make a film from a book that so many people love, because there's no way to get the entire story into a two-hour movie. But I was pleased with the reaction [for Kite Runner]. Votes: 3

I've been kinda fascinated by misfits, outcasts, and downtrodden people. I've identified with them. 'Blade Runner' probably got me more work than any. It convinced some producers that I could play something other than a rural crazy, I guess. Votes: 3

Newhart' ran the longest, and it was great to have a regular role, but I run into a lot of film fans, and they ask me about 'Blade Runner.' I was grateful to be a part of that. Votes: 3

Fabio Celon did send me pages as he progressed, both in black and white and some color samples as well. It was really exciting to see the sketches and to see the story [The Kite Runner] shaping up visually. Votes: 3

How many more people right now feel connected to Mumbai because of Slumdog Millionaire, or suddenly are interested in the plight of orphans on Mumbai after seeing that film? The same thing with the Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns. Votes: 3

I believe Fabio Celoni's work vividly brings to life not only the mountains, the bazaars, the city of Kabul and its kite-dotted skies, but also the many struggles, conflicts, and emotional highs and lows of Amir's journey [from the The Kite Runner ] . Votes: 3

I wasn't a big science fiction aficionado, there were a few films like 2001 or Blade Runner that were favorites of mine, but since I started this series I have gained more respect for the genre and become more of a fan myself. Votes: 3

Life's not linear at all. It happens in lighting flashes. So fast you don't see those lay-you-out cold moments coming at you until you're Wile E. Coyote, steamrolled flat as a pancake by the Road Runner, victim of your own elaborate schemes. Votes: 3

I think over time I've learned to stop being a screamer and get interactive; otherwise, you get killed in Hollywood. I stopped being a screamer shortly after 'Blade Runner,' kicking doors and things like that, because I wasn't actually getting anywhere. Votes: 3

In Nirvana, it is you, my friend, who goes away. You take an eraser and erase yourself. It's like the Road Runner cartoons where in the middle of the cartoon, the hand of the artist appears on the screen and erases the Road Runner. Votes: 3

Maze Runner' is about a group of teens that live inside this giant maze. And outside the maze are these creatures that come out at night. The centerpiece of the maze where we stay is called the Glades, and we call ourselves the Gladers. Votes: 3

In Nirvana, it is you, my friend, who goes away. You take an eraser and erase yourself. It's like the Road Runner cartoons where in the middle of the cartoon, the hand of the artist appears on the screen and erases the Road Runner. Votes: 3

The film that really struck me was Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. That was a film I watched many, many times and found endlessly fascinating in it's density. I think the density of that film is primarily visual density, atmospheric, sound density, moreso than narrative density. Votes: 3

I was afraid to watch 'Blade Runner' in the theater because I was afraid the movie would be better than what I myself had been able to imagine. In a way, I was right to be afraid, because even the first few minutes were better. Votes: 3

Blade Runner appears regularly, two or three times a year in various shapes and forms of science fiction. It set the pace for what is essentially urban science fiction, urban future and it's why I've never re-visited that area because I feel I've done it. Votes: 3

I have always been a huge fan of Ridley Scott and certainly when I was a kid. 'Alien', 'Blade Runner' just blew me away because they created these extraordinary worlds that were just completely immersive. I was also an enormous Stanley Kubrick fan for similar reasons. Votes: 3

In March of 2001, I revisited the short story, and found that thought it did not work well as a short story, it might work much better as a longer one. The novel [The Kite Runner] came about as an expansion of that original, unpublished short story. Votes: 3

I watch 2001: A Space Odyssey every time it's on. I made the kids watch it every time, too and now they just love watching it. Stanley Kubrick's great. And Blade Runner is one of my top three science fiction films. A lot of it has come true. Votes: 3

I have always been a huge fan of Ridley Scott and certainly when I was a kid. 'Alien,' 'Blade Runner' just blew me away because they created these extraordinary worlds that were just completely immersive. I was also an enormous Stanley Kubrick fan for similar reasons. Votes: 3

Blade Runner's just a noir at the end of the day. Rosemary's Baby is about the fear of having a child and how that gets in the way of a romantic relationship. Or whatever it is, and you add that extra element that blows your mind apart. Votes: 3

I get daily e-mails from Afghans who thank me for writing this book [The Kite Runner], as they feel a slice of their story has been told by one of their own. So, for the most part, I have been overwhelmed with the kindness of my fellow Afghans. Votes: 3

The images [of The Kite Runner grafic] were created in Fabio Celoni's mind. I chose to let him take the lead. Fabio and I did exchange an e-mail or two, but it was my intention to step out of the way and let his artistic instincts take over. Votes: 3

I felt really comfortable [on The Maze Runner]. From day one, I loved the script and the story, and I thought it could be something really cool and interesting and original, in this generation of regurgitated projects and sequels and stuff, so I'm proud to be part of it. Votes: 3

A runner's stride is not perfectly efficient. Votes: 1

A runner must run with dreams in his heart, not money in his pocket. Votes: 1

I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner. Votes: 1

Business is a sprint until you find an opportunity, then it's the patience of a marathon runner. Votes: 1

Being a runner means you are now 'free' to win and lose and live life to its fullest. Votes: 1

Anybody can be a runner... We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It's the easiest sport. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

I couldn't disappoint people. I did not want to fail and exhaust myself, because I was the kind of runner who trained so little that I couldn't race again within another 10 days. Votes: 1

I'm not a wushu champion. I was an athlete when I was a kid. I was a swimmer and a runner, but all this action stuff is such a challenge. It really, really is. Votes: 1

I never played with a runner in my entire life, even in schools, because only I know where the ball is going and how hard, when I hit the ball, something my runner will never know about. Votes: 1

I wouldn't say you worry about your health when you run. I would say a quarterback as an obligation to protect yourself as a runner, whether it's getting out of bounds, sliding or getting down, whatever it might be. Votes: 1

During the election, I had three male opponents and we went into a runoff. The front runner for the men was a native of Dallas who had run at large before, but I had a higher profile than him from my community service. Votes: 1

For the novice runner, I'd say to give yourself at least 2 months of consistently running several times a week at a conversational pace before deciding whether you want to stick with it. Consistency is the most important aspect of training at this point. Votes: 1

He was not a runner, my father, but he was quick. I always remember it was very difficult to escape from him when he was angry. If he wanted to beat us he would always catch us. Even me, he could always catch me. Votes: 1

When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down. Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world. Votes: 1

I had two family members involved in World War I: two great-uncles. One of them is on a memorial in France. And the other was a trench runner who survived the war. The average life span of a trench runner was 36 hours, but he survived the whole war. Votes: 1

The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag full speed, feet first. I had sharp spikes on my shoes. If the baseman stood where he had no business to be and got hurt, that was his fault. Votes: 1

There is nothing in this world that I love more than my family. To be able to share the joy of running with them at the Runner's World Half Marathon and Running Festival where we can all participate together is as close as you can get to a perfect weekend. Votes: 1

If you are going to describe the history of animation, you'd look at the early Disney work, then 'Bugs Bunny,' 'Road Runner' and other Warner Brothers theatrical productions. But when you got to 'Rocky and Bullwinkle,' you'd see they were unique: They assumed you had a brain in your head. Votes: 1

I would never know how good I was if I didn't have Bob Arum. Bob Arum is white, Jewish; He was working for prosecutor's office. I'm black, an ex-convict, ex-number runner. Who would be most likely to succeed? It would be Bob 100-1. Yet I beat Bob on everything we ever done, with love. Votes: 1

I rolled the second car that I ever owned, a Toyota 4 Runner. This was winter in Colorado, two weeks before the 2002 Olympic trials. I was driving in the outside lane, and my rear tire caught some black ice, and we totally turned sideways to the point where we were heading right toward the median. Votes: 1

Swimming is probably the ultimate of burnout sports. It's ironic because millions of people who swim as their regular exercise love the meditation aspect of it; you don't wind up with any orthopedic injuries. But when you swim at a world class level for hours and hours - the loneness of the long distance runner. Votes: 1

It's very important that people know that I really enjoy everything that has happened to me. And I tell my kids... you're not going to be the tallest, fastest, prettiest, the best track runner, but you can be the nicest human being that someone has ever met in their life. And I just want to leave that legacy that being nice is a true treasure. Votes: 1

A good runner leaves no footprints. Votes: 0

You never see a smiling runner. Votes: 0

I'm a runner. I like to run. Votes: 0

Every runner is an experiment of one. Votes: 0

I'm a runner first before anything else. Votes: 0

I'm a tired runner in the human race. Votes: 0

In war there is no prize for runner-up. Votes: 0

In war there is no prize for runner-up. Votes: 0

I am an avid runner, mainly on weekends. Votes: 0

Independence is the outstanding characteristic of the runner. Votes: 0

Which one of you is going to be runner-up? Votes: 0

A runner must run with dreams in his heart. Votes: 0

There is magic in misery. Just ask any runner. Votes: 0

Let's face it: I am not a professional runner. Votes: 0

Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner. Votes: 0

People underestimate me, but I've always been a stretch runner. Votes: 0

Propaganda is a sprinter, but truth is a long-distance runner. Votes: 0

I am a distance runner, a marathoner... literally and figuratively. Votes: 0

In war there is no second prize for the runner-up. Votes: 0

A runner is real when she takes the first step. Votes: 0

I'm not much of a distance runner, more of a sprinter. Votes: 0

Does college pay? They do if you are a good open-field runner. Votes: 0

The difference between a jogger and a runner is an entry blank. Votes: 0

I'm a really fast runner. No one can catch me - I'm quick. Votes: 0

Joy is the best makeup. But a little lipstick is a close runner-up. Votes: 0

A slow band can be great. A slow 100-metres runner is just obsolete. Votes: 0

Keith Richards outlived Jim Fixx, the runner and health nut. The plot thickens. Votes: 0

You learn to run like a sprinter, you'll be a great distance runner Votes: 0

When one runs 45, 50 or even 100km, for me, is not an ultra runner Votes: 0

I've never known a runner who had as much patience as he needed. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as an average runner. We are all above average. Votes: 0

No, I don't run all the way. I'm not like an Olympic class runner. Votes: 0

Some might say that it's easier to be the runner than the runner's family. Votes: 0

The true runner comes to the finish and receives the prize and is crowned. Votes: 0

A coach can be like oasis in the desert of a runner's lost enthusiasm. Votes: 0

Fantastic, I am very happy to be the fastest 800 metres runner in the world. Votes: 0

The main quality a great third base coach must have is a fast runner. Votes: 0

Every runner has a little crazy in ‘em. It’s a good thing. Votes: 0

To be a champion long-distance runner you have to run on the edge of death. Votes: 0

It's easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner. Votes: 0

My first option is not to run. I am not a runner. I'm a quarterback. Votes: 0

The runner must be a fanatic for hard work and enthusiastic enough to enjoy it. Votes: 0

It's like a runner or a swimmer training all the time. I sing every day. Votes: 0

The hardest step for a runner to take is the first one out the door. Votes: 0

I'm a keen runner, so I try to fit in a half hour every other day. Votes: 0

You can't be a 20-mile a day eater if you're just a 5-mile a day runner. Votes: 0

The lame man who keeps the right road outstrips the runner who takes the wrong one. Votes: 0

I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler. Votes: 0

I don't think I would have been such a good runner if I hadn't enjoyed it. Votes: 0

I thought about running a marathon a long time ago, but I'm just not a runner. Votes: 0

I thought about running a marathon a long time ago, but I'm just not a runner Votes: 0

I have so many runner-up cups that I am thinking of starting my own tea shop. Votes: 0

I was a runner, a failed quarterback, third-string quarterback, but in track I was a 2-miler. Votes: 0

I think we do want a front-runner from the Republican Party who can win the general election. Votes: 0

The idea of being a show runner was very attractive to me, to create and control something. Votes: 0

Often, I visualize a quicker, like almost a ghost runner, ahead of me with a quicker stride. Votes: 0

I'm a writer, not a professional runner. It's fun and it helps me write. I need powerful concentration. Votes: 0

to maintain success, stamina is more important than talent. You have to learn to be a marathon runner. Votes: 0

Mary Decker Slaney, the world greatest front runner, I shouldn't be surprised to see her at the front Votes: 0

The best way to become a mentally tough runner is to believe that you're a mentally tough runner Votes: 0

Growing up, I was always into sports - basketball and volleyball - but I wasn't really a runner. Votes: 0

The true runner is a very fortunate person. He has found something in him that is just perfect. Votes: 0

Tears streamed down my face as I crossed the finish line. I was a new person, a runner. Votes: 0

I'm a working mom, not a professional athlete, but I am a runner and that's a special club. Votes: 0

When you're a writer on a show, your job is to write in the show runner's voice, really. Votes: 0

Anybody can be a runner. We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It's the easiest sport. Votes: 0

They say the breaks even up in the long run, and the trick is to be a long-distance runner. Votes: 0

My favorite runner is Usain Bolt, who happens to be Jamaican and is the fastest man in the world. Votes: 0

In the beginning you likely say, 'I run.' With more confidence, you say, 'I am a runner.' Votes: 0

If this is what you do to the winner, I'd hate to see how you treat the runner up. Votes: 0

Our own GOP machine, the establishment, they who would assemble the political landscape, they`re attacking their own front-runner. Votes: 0

Being a lifelong runner, knowing what running gives me, a variety of factors - that is what motivates me. Votes: 0

Being a runner, professional or recreational, means that you are part of a community that stretches across the globe. Votes: 0

Life is a dream in the night, a fear among fears, A naked runner lost in a storm of spears. Votes: 0

Even now, he is every blue blazer getting into cab, every runner along the river,every motorcycle coming and going. Votes: 0

What happened to the winner" Adina asked. "She tripped." "And the first runner-up?" Miss Michigan cracked her knuckles. "She tripped, too. Votes: 0

The runner stopped dead, lost his balance, froze in one of those violent attitudes in which the photographers petrify living reality. Votes: 0

The runner's greatest asset, apart from essential fitness of body, is a cool and calculating brain allied to confidence and courage. Votes: 0

Each runner's capacity to absorb hard training is different. Find your own unique level of comfort and success will be yours. Votes: 0

I am absolutely delighted to have come second. Who cares about winning when you can be second? I love being runner-up. Votes: 0

If Beethoven and Bach hooked up with Mozart and made a band, they could be a distant runner up to The D. Votes: 0

Yoga helps me be a stronger runner. I can lose track of my form, and yoga reminds me how important it is. Votes: 0

The most important thing I learned [from running] is that there is only one runner in this race, and that is me. Votes: 0

I might respect you as a brilliant intellect, runner, musician or juggler. But respect your BELIEFS? Only if they're supported by evidence. Votes: 0

I was a runner who happened to be a Christian. I needed to become a Christian who happened to be a runner. Votes: 0

I am a runner. That's what I do. That's who I am. Running is all I know, or want, or care about. Votes: 0

If Beethoven and Bach hooked up with Mozart and made a band, they could be a distant runner up to The D." Votes: 0

I said last week that the number on Jean's back does not matter. He stays effective as a runner, decision-maker and leader. Votes: 0

Man is a distance runner as a consequence of hundreds of thousands of years of chasing antelopes, horses, elephants, wild cattle, and deer. Votes: 0

I was born to be a runner. I simply love to run. It's almost like the faster I go, the easier it becomes. Votes: 0

I've never been a politician, but , I am totally committed to the Republican Party. I feel very honored to be the front runner. Votes: 0

I wouldn't say there was a moment of realization when I wanted to be a runner; it was always just something I was. Votes: 0

Actually, ambition won't get you that far. You'll shift gears. You'll see something that's shinier. But if you believe... then you're the long-distance runner. Votes: 0

I became a great runner because if you're a kid in Leeds and your name is Sebastian you've got to become a great runner. Votes: 0

Good spectator sports share certain fundamentals. Their competitors battle head-to-head. Their winners are determined objectively: fastest runner, most points. They are refereed, not judged. Votes: 0

To know you are one with what you are doing, to know that you are a complete athlete, begins with believing you are a runner. Votes: 0

The fact is, you can't marry the best when you're dating the runner-up. While you're searching for Mr. Right, don't settle for Mr. Right Now. Votes: 0

As long as you try your best, that is all that matters. You don't have to be the fastest runner or top of the class. Votes: 0

Ask me what makes a champion runner, and I will tell you it helps to have the great good sense to choose your parents carefully. Votes: 0

We all have hierarchies at work - even on set, the runner would never walk up to the director and ask for a cup of coffee. Votes: 0

If you want to become the best runner you can be, start now. Don't spend the rest of your life wondering if you can do it. Votes: 0

Every day gives you an opportunity to improve. With every run, you can try to be better. Not just a better runner, but a better person. Votes: 0

Men ran after and ate horses for four hundred thousand years. The outcome is more than a love of horse flesh; it is a runner's body. Votes: 0

It's a treat being a runner, out in the world by yourself with not a soul to make you bad-tempered or tell you what to do. Votes: 0

A runner doesn't just show up and win a race. He trains long and hard. Do you just show up every day and hope to win? Votes: 0

I might have to consider coaching- I'm getting too old to be a world class runner and my mind isn't gone enough to become an official. Votes: 0

If you want to be a successful runner, you have to consider everything. It's no good just thinking about endurance and not to develop fine speed. Votes: 0

I tell runners... that no matter how inexperienced a runner you may be, there is nothing wrong with being intense. You don't know what you might discover. Votes: 0

Considering that the race is star-studded no runner will be willing to set the pace for the others. This is why a record will be almost impossible. Votes: 0

People were actually approaching me on the street and thinking that I was an athlete. They couldn't quite place it, but a runner, or swimmer or something. Votes: 0

I'm a runner from sports. I've been a runner, but I wasn't a cross-country runner or anything like that. I played a lot of soccer growing up. Votes: 0

According to the brain-centered model of exercise performance, a runner achieves his race goal when his brain calculates that achieving the race goal is possible without catastrophic self-harm. Votes: 0

I don't ever remember seeing a base runner who was all the way to third base run back across the mound. It was kind of a respectful thing. Votes: 0

Being an Olympic runner and now a mommy, it is so important to me to help my children learn early on how to be active and stay healthy. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I'm not a runner, and I always dreamed about just throwing on my sneakers and really knocking everyone's socks off with my joy of traversing the world by foot. Votes: 0

I'm an avid runner and play soccer every weekend, but I also have to constantly watch what I eat, and I'm always thinking about how to balance my meals. Votes: 0

Being in Birmingham, I thought I was going to be a gangster or a bag-runner or a thief. I heard music and I was determined to get out of there. Votes: 0

Republicans woke up Sunday with an undeniable reality. Donald Trump`s the clear front-runner now for their party`s nomination. Trump, celebrated, of course, his big win in South Carolina. Votes: 0

The true but rare runner's high is a zone that we enter when everything seems to click perfectly, when time stands still, and when we can run almost without effort. Votes: 0

As more speed afoot was constantly demanded for big league ball, I noticed the many infield bounders which the runner beat to first only by the thinnest fractions of a second. Votes: 0

I would be disappointed if I were remembered as a runner because I feelthat my contribution to the youth of America has far exceeded the woman who was the Olympic champion. Votes: 0

It doesn't matter how fast or how far you're going. If you're putting on your shoes and going out for a run, you are a runner, you are in that club. Votes: 0

I think my greatest strengths are my hands. I am also good at getting separation from the defender and finding ways to get open. I am also a good route runner. Votes: 0

I like making comics and animation because it takes such a long time. I'm not a runner of the 100 meter. I like marathons. The longer it takes, the better I feel. Votes: 0

Successful innovation is not a single breakthrough. It is not a sprint. It is not an event for the solo runner. Successful innovation is a team sport, it's a relay race. Votes: 0

In a race, the quickest runner can never overtake the slowest, since the pursuer must first reach the point whence the pursued started, so that the slower must always hold a lead. Votes: 0

It was being a runner that mattered, not how fast or how far I could run. The joy was in the act of running and in the journey, not in the destination. Votes: 0

Said a skunk to a tube-rose, "See how swiftly I run, while you cannot walk nor even creep." Said the tube-rose to the skunk, "Oh, most noble swift runner, please run swiftly!" Votes: 0

To say that politics is not a part of sports is not being realistic. When I run, I am more than a runner. I am a diplomat, an ambassador for my country. Votes: 0

I'm a runner. Not a race runner, but I just love to run, and I don't think I've ever tasted such amazing food like I've tasted in the whole entire New York. Votes: 0

I've had some experience in track and field in school, but I did have to train to be able to play Jesse Owens - to be a runner, to be an Olympian. Votes: 0

The novelist is more a marathon runner than long-distance runner and the kind of courage it takes working in such isolation cannot be underestimated. I really respect my fellow writers on this front. Votes: 0

People would say I'm more polished as a passer than Tebow and Cam, but I'm not as physical a runner. But I am 6'2, 223, and I can throw with the best of them. Votes: 0

Whether you're a presidential front-runner, or an Academy Award-winning actor, or head of a TV ministry, if you stay in the public eye long enough they're going to try and find a scandal. Votes: 0

There is a unique energy surrounding the Boston Marathon that you can't help but feel. It includes every runner and every person along the course. It brings every person there together as one. Votes: 0

The Republican front-runner, has made a name for himself in the last months by trafficking prejudice and paranoia. His latest insult is his call to stop all Muslims from entering the United States. Votes: 0

The injured runner is like a recent amputee victim, continually forgetting that the limb isn't there, crestfallen at each realization. What we need more than anything is a suitable prosthetic and an attitude adjustment. Votes: 0

People would say I'm more polished as a passer than Tebow and Cam, but I'm not as physical a runner. But I am 6'2', 223, and I can throw with the best of them. Votes: 0

I am a runner because I run. Not because I run fast. Not because I run far. I am a runner because I say I am. And no one can tell me I'm not. Votes: 0

The most challenging aspect of the decathlon is not the events themselves, but how you train to become the best 100-meter runner you are on the same day that you're the best 1,500-meter runner. Votes: 0

In a speech today, President Obama said that Michelle Obama is very strong and talented and she frequently tells him that he is wrong. As a result, Michelle Obama is now the Republican front-runner for 2016. Votes: 0

It takes patience to become the best runner you can be. Top athletes realize that running is a long-term sport. It is set up for people who value delayed gratification and who like hard-earned success. Votes: 0

I don't think you can become an outstanding runner unless you get a certain amount of enjoyment out of the suffering. You have to enjoy absorbing it, controlling it, and - ultimately - overcoming it. Votes: 0

Well, fortunately we found out that the runner-up our particular year was going to get a record contract also. So it was kind of a - it was bitter sweet but it was an opportunity. Votes: 0

Just as you can't become a marathon runner by watching marathons on TV, likewise for science, you have to go through the thought processes of doing science and not just watch your instructor do it. Votes: 0

You have an advantage if you win. I always think it's best to be remembered as a winner rather than as the runner-up. It's definitely more fun getting the gold than it is the silver. Votes: 0

I used to be pretty reckless. When I was a runner for a production company, I drove a massive 16 seater van. I was only 18. I mean I look young now, but then I looked about 12. Votes: 0

I run to be known as the greatest runner, the greatest of all time. I could not eat or sleep for a week after I lost in the (1992) Olympics. I have to win or die. Votes: 0

During the 2008 campaign, I strongly endorsed Barack Obama for president. I did so early, when many Democratic leaders - including many prominent African-American politicians - believed the safe bet was to back then-front-runner Hillary Clinton. Votes: 0