Ngabalingani abangu-50,000 nabalimi abayizigidi ezintathu, iNew York City Marathon ngumcimbi wezemidlalo othakazelisayo. Nazi ezinye izingcaphuno mayelana nalo mjaho wama-26.2-mile ngokusebenzisa amabhodlela amahlanu eNew York City:
- "Umzila wokuqala weNew York City Marathon unomthelela webhomu elikhulu ngesikhathi esilandelayo mayelana nokuhamba. Isiqalo esihle kakhulu emdlalweni."
-I-Rodgers yamaBill
- "I-marathon iyisenzakalo esiyingqayizivele, sinomdlalo, sinomncintiswano, sinobuqhawe." Wonke umuntu ogijima angeke aphuze ngokuba ngumdlali we-Olympic, kepha angaphupha ekuqedeni i-marathon. "
- I-Lebow yaseFrance, uMsunguli weMarathon waseNew York City - "I-New York yiyona okufanele uyenze."
-Rob Dixon, owawunqoba iMarathon yeNew York City ka-1983 - "Kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke ngangiphefumulelwe izibonelo ezikhuthazayo zabo bonke abanye abagijimi. Kwezinye izithombe zingabonakala zibe amachashazi amancane kumsakazo, kepha ngamunye wayenomlando ohlukile oqala izinyanga ezimbalwa noma impilo ngaphambi kwalokho futhi aqeda lolo suku eMarathon eNew York City, umncintiswano ngezindaba ezingu-37,000. "
-Mark Sutcliffe - "Uma uqala ukuqala u-First Avenue eNew York, uma ungatholi ama-goose bumps, kukhona okungahambi kahle nawe."
- UFrank Shorter, eNew York City Marathon - "Ngicabanga ukuthi ngiyadlula okungaphezu kwalokho engangikuhlafuna, ngicabanga ukuthi i-marathon izoba lula. Ngezinga lesimo enginalo manje, ngokungangabazeki into eyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu engikwenzile."
-Luka u-Armstrong, ngemuva kokuqeda iMarathon yaseNew York City
- "I-New York Marathon: umcimbi omnandi."
-Pop John Paul II, 1982 - "Ukugijimisa kuyangichaza. Ngumuzwa wokuzijabulisa ngibheke phambili nsuku zonke, kungenza ngixhumeke empilweni. Njalo ngenyanga kaNovemba ngizobona ukuthululwa kozwela nomoya lo muzi owanikeza izinkulungwane zabagijimi ababhekana nomncintiswano wethu. "
-Allan Steinfield, umqondisi wobuhlanga wangaphambili, iNew York City Marathon
- "Ngo-1971, iMarathon yaseNew York City yayingeyona enkulu kunezinsuku zokufunda esikoleni. Kwakuwumnyaka wesibili womncintiswano, futhi iqembu eligijimayo labagijimi abangu-245 babuthana eCentral Park ukuze bahambe behamba ngezinyawo." -Edward McClelland, umbhali kanye nentatheli
- "Angisoze ngenza lokho futhi!"
- UGrete Waitz, ngemuva kokuwina wokuqala wezingu-9 ezilandelanayo eNew York City Marathons - "Angikaze ngibe nakho konke okufana nalokhu ekuphileni kwami."
-Sean "P. Diddy" ama-Combs, ekuqedeni iMarathon yeNew York City ka-2009 - "Namuhla kwakungekho izikhathi , kwakungangena lapho, ngijabulele umncintiswano, futhi ngijabulele umoya."
U-Paula Radcliffe, ngokuwina iMarathon eNew York City - "Wonke umuntu unqoba i-marathon. Sonke sinomuzwa ofanayo ekuqaleni-ukwethuka, ukhathazekile, ujabule. Kuyinto ebanzi, ecebile, ngisho nabantu abayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili nesikhombisa-okuhlangenwe nakho okujulile kunokuba ngikuthole lapho ngigijima ngomkhondo. I-York iyi-marathon ukuthi zonke izinkanyezi ezinkulu zifuna ukuwina, kodwa futhi kube yisiteji sezindaba zabantu ezingaphezu kwanoma imuphi omunye umcimbi wezemidlalo. "
-Grete Waitz
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