Anybody can be a runner. We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It's the easiest sport.

Runners...you're competitive, but you want to have fun, too. You want to enjoy life. And runners really get to do that, I think-after we recover.

No one who works a forty hour week will ever beat me.

I often lose motivation, but it's something I accept as normal.

The most difficult part, when you decide to make running a part of your life style, is the basic initial commitment. Everybody says, 'I don't have the time.' It's up to you to say, 'I do have the time.' For me, beginning to run when I was a student was an ideal situation. However, I've also trained as much as 130 miles per week during periods when I worked a full-time job. It ultimately becomes second nature. It becomes a habit, a routine part of your daily life

I always say if the marathon is a part-time interest, you will only get part-time results.

You cannot always run at your best.