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1 " How did your mother die?” asked Delk.“Car accident,” Katie replied, gazing out over the water. “She’d been to mass. A tire blew on the way home, and she was gone. I was nineteen, Pather’s age, when it happened. My brother was only eleven.” She paused. “I do know what you’re going through.” Katie looked at her.“Pather told you?” Katie nodded. Delk was glad Pather had told his sister; she was relieved not to have to tell the story again. “Does it ever . . . you know . . . get any better?”Katie shrugged her narrow shoulders and smiled. “In some ways it does, but it’s a bit like running a long race with a rock in your shoe. You get used to it, but it always hurts a little. "
― Suzanne Supplee , When Irish Guys Are Smiling
2 " What needed to stop was the succession of dates with these relatively impressive, relatively interesting people, when I could tell from the first minute that everyone here was going to end as a runner-up in a long race to nowhere in particular, broken-down, exhausted, no one wearing a medal. "
― B.J. Novak , One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
3 " Remember – it's a long race and you can always outwork talent in the end. "
― Matthew Quick , Boy21
4 " it’s a long race and you can always outwork talent in the end "
5 " Perseverance is not a long race it is many short races one after another. "
6 " Perseverance is not a long race it is many short races one after the other. "
