Keyword: Running

James 'Cool Papa' Bell was so fast, one time he hit a line drive right back past my ear. I turned round and saw the ball hit his ass sliding into second.

American baseball player

The difference between the mile and the marathon is the difference between burning your fingers with a match and being slowly roasted over hot coals.

American author & runner

Dave Wottle has completely misjudged this race… and here comes Wottle!

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

A lifetime of training for just 10 seconds.

American track & field athlete

She’s not [runner] Ben Johnson… but then, who is.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

And the line-up for the final of the Women’s 400 meters hurdles includes three Russians, two East Germans, a Pole, a Swede and a Frenchman.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

He ran like his feet were on fire and his ass was catchin'.

I was thinking of running a marathon, but I think it might be too difficult getting all the roads closed and providing enough water for everyone.

comedian

That's the fastest time ever run – but it's not as fast as the world record.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

At 19 miles, when most runners run out of steam and you hit what they call ‘the wall,’ is the exact moment you cross into the South Bronx; so here, they combine running and fleeing.

(1959 – ) American comedian, comedy writer, actor & author

I normally run the 40-yard dash in 4.9, but when a 280-pound guy is chasing me, I run it in 4.6.

American football player

Distance running to a professional athlete in my day was five laps around the field. And you stopped each lap to take your pulse.

American football player

I still feel 30, except when I try to run.

(1929 – ) American comedian & comic actor

Big balls count.

Australian runner

We estimate, and this isn’t an estimation, that Greta Waitz is 80 seconds behind.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Doctors and scientists said breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt; thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead.

(1929 – ) English middle-distance athlete, physician & academic

I went through a stage of feeling awful to one of feeling terrible. Once I started to feel terrible I was OK.

English distance runner

I was watching the London Marathon and saw one runner dressed as a chicken and another runner dressed as an egg… I thought: ‘This could be interesting.’

comedian

The older you get, the faster you ran as a kid.

professional football player & coach

He opened his legs and showed us what he’s got.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

There is no secret to running – run hard, have a beer, have a pizza. We make it too complicated.

New Zealand runner