As we run, we become.

The most powerful lesson you can learn in running? You're capable of much more than you think.

Running has taught me, perhaps more than anything else, that there's no reason to fear starting lines... or other new beginnings.

As runners, we all go through many transitions-- transitions that closely mimic the larger changes we experience in a lifetime. First, we try to run faster. Then we try to run harder. Then we learn to accept ourselves and our limitations, and at last, we can appreciate the true joy and meaning of running.

Courage is crossing a starting line.

I've never known a runner who had as much patience as he needed.

This wasn’t just an attack against the Boston Marathon... It was an attack against the American public and our democratic use of the streets. We have used our public roadways for annual parades, protest marches, presidential inaugurations, marathons, and all manner of other events. The roads belong to us, and their use represents an important part of our free and democratic tradition.