I had as many doubts as anyone else. Standing on the starting line, we're all cowards.

You have to change things in order to get to where you want to go. And things might get worse. But if you're not getting where you want to be, already, in a sense, it's as bad as it can get.

An athlete who tells you the training is always easy and always fun simply hasn't been there. Goals can be elusive which makes the difficult journey all the more rewarding.

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

The marathon is like a bullfight.

I think in running, to be honest, that even though athletes are very dedicated and are willing to train and do whatever they need to do to prepare, more often than not they're not in a very professional environment where you've got a high performance director and a coach that are really monitoring your daily activities.

I'd rather run a gutsy race, pushing all the way and lose, than run a conservative race only for a win.