I love to run and I have some tips to keep it fresh and novel. I rarely use the same route twice. That keeps things new.

Don't confuse comfort with happiness.

Any goal worth achieving involves an element of risk.

Don't run with your legs, run with your heart.

Sometimes you've got to go through hell to get to heaven.

I went to college, grad school. I got an M.B.A., had a really cush corporate job. But I was just bored stiff. I didn't fit that mold.

I wasn't born with any innate talent. I've never been naturally gifted at anything. I always had to work at it. The only way I knew how to succeed was to try harder than anyone else. Dogged persistence is what got me through life. But here was something I was half-decent at. Being able to run great distances was the one thing I could offer the world. Others might be faster, but I could go longer. My strongest quality is that I never give up.