Memorable Quotes recounted for Liffey Valley AC 21st Anniversary Celebrations in 1995, by Gerry Kavanagh:
"Even my ar-- is sore" - Myles Cullen after a hard marathon.
"Ah, here's good old 'one and half miles' Cullen himself" - Bill Coghlan after a blizzard forced Myles out at one lap.
"Now that you ave run a marathon, when are you going to race one?" - Nick Davis to Mick O'Neill who had just run 3:02:00.
"That was a good run you had" - Eddie Hogan to Gerry Kavanagh after 2:26:00 marathon in Banteer in 1966.
"I watched you finish in some --- emm disarray" - Nick Davis to Gerry Kavanagh after 3:25:0 Dublin Marathon 1990.
"No, no don't encourage him, it's hard on all of us" - Noel Henry as we passed by a runner being sick just seven miles into the National Marathon in Gorey in 1964.
An old man and young boy were playing ball in the Polo Grounds. As four runners passed, the young lad asked "Are they racers Dad?". The old man looked after them agreed the probably were but he seemed unimpressed. Soon another figure hurried past and the lad asked "Is he another one?" The old man studied the unmistakable style of Jimmy Douglas and said with a grin "Ah, now there's a runner!". The four were Donore Harriers and each one was either an Olympic or International runner