Near the finish? Then push harder.

The source

"Near the finish? Then push harder." Diogenes said it in Diogenes Laertius, Lives 6. Translated by C. D. Yonge, 1853.

"suppose I had run a long distance, ought I to stop when I was near the end, and not rather press on?"

C. D. Yonge, 1853, Diogenes Laertius, Lives 6. Anecdote reported by Diogenes Laertius (3rd century AD).

Who said it

Diogenes (c. 412–323 BC). The Cynic who lived in a jar in Athens and told Alexander the Great to get out of his sun.

Questions

Who said "Near the finish? Then push harder."?

Diogenes (c. 412–323 BC). Source: Diogenes Laertius, Lives 6.

What is the original wording?

suppose I had run a long distance, ought I to stop when I was near the end, and not rather press on? (C. D. Yonge, 1853). Translated by C. D. Yonge, 1853.