Top 33 Finish Line Quotes

Words matter. These are the best Finish Line Quotes from famous people such as Richard M. DeVos, Maurice Greene, Manuel Pellegrini, Joe Henderson, Russell Peters, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

If I had some idea of a finish line, don't you think I

If I had some idea of a finish line, don’t you think I would have crossed it years ago?
Richard M. DeVos
When the gun fires you must concentrate for every second on the way to that finish line. You should know exactly how long it will take you to and think about every step of the race you are about to run.
Maurice Greene
A lot of young players relax a bit when they reach the first-team, thinking they have reached the finish line, but really, it’s just the beginning.
Manuel Pellegrini
In fact, the bandits steal the drinks and assistance provided along the course. Worse, they cross the finish line and mess up the scoring of legitimate runners.
Joe Henderson
Ideally I’d like to be working steadily as an actor: movies, a TV series, that sort of thing. I’ve been through a few different TV development cycles, and they didn’t work out. When the time and project are right, it’ll come together. Like I tell a lot of guys, it’s not a race; there’s no finish line.
Russell Peters
As you approach the finish line, you go through a tunnel of people, all of them cheering and encouraging you. Then I heard the speaker say, ‘Alessandro Zanardi, you are an Ironman!’ It was something phenomenal, something amazing… I got very emotional at that point.
Alex Zanardi
Reality programming and social media make the game board bigger; they increase the number of runners on the track, each lunging at the finish line to be the first chest to hit the tape.
Justine Bateman
In the end, the American dream is not a sprint, or even a marathon, but a relay. Our families don’t always cross the finish line in the span of one generation. But each generation passes on to the next the fruits of their labor.
Julian Castro
BMX is never over until the finish line, and I am always trying to challenge myself for that world stage.
Caroline Buchanan
The world is full of people who have dreams of playing at Carnegie Hall, of running a marathon, and of owning their own business. The difference between the people who make it across the finish line and everyone else is one simple thing: an action plan.
John Tesh
I never think: ‘If I crash, I’m going to hurt myself.’ I might think: ‘If I crash, I’m not going to win.’ Everything’s about that finish line.
Mark Cavendish
In the business world, those who are slow to act and adapt find themselves out of business in a hurry. In Washington, it can take 10 years to get even a good idea across the finish line.
Mike Braun
I’m different than most people. When I cross the finish line of a big race, I see that people are ecstatic, but I’m thinking about what I’m going to do tomorrow. It’s as if my journey is everlasting, and there is no finish line.
David Goggins
It’s incredible how many emotions you feel when crossing the finish line and seeing that you are No. 1.
Marcel Hirscher
As the finish line for 2017 begins to come into focus, I’m beginning to wonder what an Uber turnaround would look like.
Adam Lashinsky
At the end of the day I want to be the first rider across that finish line and I’ll just find the quickest and easiest way to do it.
Mark Cavendish
There is no finish line to leadership.
Julia Hartz
Nice guys finish first. If you don’t know that, then you don’t know where the finish line is.
Garry Shandling
I wish I wasn’t the face of the victims – three lost near the finish line and hundreds injured – because then everyone would forget about me, and I could recover in peace, and at my own pace.
Jeff Bauman
Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life. It’s what you do after you cross the line that really counts.
Ralph Boston
I love music and I want to make India proud on a global level and I will not stop till it happens, I don’t think there will be a finish line.
Ananya Birla
You can sand something forever. You can keep working on it. All the arts are like that: there’s no magical finish line. You get sick of working on it or you walk away.
Samuel Ervin Beam
Everything ends; you just have to figure out a way to push to the finish line.
Jesse Itzler
You can’t drag people from understanding to action. A customer isn’t actually at the last mile if you’re the one dragging her to the finish line.
Thomas P.M. Barnett
We didn’t crumble after 9/11. We didn’t falter after the Boston Marathon. But we’re America. Americans will never, ever stand down. We endure. We overcome. We own the finish line.
Joe Biden
Running a marathon is appealing to runners for many reasons. It’s epic! A real test for your mind and body and a challenge that truly fills you with complete elation when you cross the finish line. But it is in no way a trivial undertaking.
A. J. Odudu
I know a lot of artists and chefs don’t talk about this, but sometimes you just don’t get to the finish line. That honesty and tenderness is something we’re kind of not supposed to express.
Roy Choi
You know what’s fun about basketball? It keeps evolving, and it keeps changing a little bit. And the older guys want to try to hold it back to how they grew up, and it’s not the same. You’ve got to change with the times, and some of the guys you’ve got to drag across the finish line.
Mike D’Antoni
If you look at space companies, they’ve failed either because they’ve had a technical solution where success was not a possible outcome, they were unable to attract a critical mass of talent, or they just ran out of money. The finish line is usually a lot further away than you think.
Elon Musk
I have great empathy for all the contestants that come on ‘Top Chef,’ whether they go home right away or they make it to the finish line. It’s a very vulnerable position they put themselves in and I feel for them.
Padma Lakshmi
Going for a really long run, a bike ride, or cross-country skiing helps me get away from all the noise. I tell myself, ‘The pain you’re feeling, just enjoy it because it’s going to help you across that finish line first.’ If you’re having a crap day, go for a run. It makes a big difference.
Lewis Hamilton
If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you th

If I’d had some set idea of a finish line, don’t you think I would have crossed it years ago?
Bill Gates
I’ve done it with Broadcast News-where there was no finish line, there was no agenda that I had to move all the characters to this point, that I was sort of open to what happens.
James L. Brooks