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

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.

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

I didn't give myself enough breaks during the training year to recover. I didn't understand the power of periodization.

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

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

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