It's not about speed and gold medals. It's about refusing to be stopped.

Best wishes for a great marathon. Be sure to savor it. The first marathon is something special. Run long and healthy.

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

I always tell beginning runners: Train your brain first. It's much more important than your heart or legs.

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

Winning is not about headlines and hardware [medals]. It's only about attitude. A winner is a person who goes out today and every day and attempts to be the best runner and best person he can be. Winning is about struggle and effort and optimism, and never, ever, ever giving up.

Success does not come to the most righteous and rigorously disciplined but to those who continue running.