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.

As we run, we become.

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

Set a goal and a program for yourself, and everything else will follow. Guaranteed.

In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning.

To get to the finish line, you'll have to try lots of different paths.