You can get defeated, just as long as you don't fail.

The ultimate is not to win, but to reach within the depths of your capabilities and to compete against yourself to the greatest extent possible. When you do that, you have dignity. You have the pride. You can walk about with character and pride no matter in what place you happen to finish.

You can get defeated, just as long as you don't fail.

The ultimate is not to win, but to reach within the depths of your capabilities and to compete against yourself.

God has given me the ability. The rest is up to me. Believe. Believe. Believe.

I haven't seen too many American distance men on the international scene willing to take risks. I saw some U.S. women in Barcelona willing to risk, more than men. The Kenyans risk. Steve Prefontaine risked. I risked - I went through the first half of the Tokyo race just a second off my best 5000 time.

Every passion has its destiny.