I like the marathon because it's one race where you can find out who's really the toughest. On the track, sometimes a guy can just pull away, and you want to stay with him but you don't have the leg speed. The marathon is slow enough that anyone can stay with you if he wants, if he has the will. The marathon is ultimately a test of will.

I run four miles most days, at about 8:00 to 8:15 pace. It's totally relaxed.

If you want to achieve a high goal, you're going to have to take some chances.

I've found that my athletes run their best races after about 10 weeks of intense training.

I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big races and I've had some big disappointments, but I enjoy the freedom of running and the challenge of training and competition as much now as when I first started back in high school.

Early in my career I was accused of being overconfident and even cocky, but I really was confident that I had done the training and didn't see any other reason to say otherwise.

You learn to run like a sprinter, you'll be a great distance runner