If one can stick to the training throughout the many long years, then will power is no longer a problem. It's raining? That doesn't matter. I am tired? That's besides the point. It's simply that I just have to.

Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast.

An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.

The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on.

By a persistent effort of will it is possible to change the whole body. The athlete must always keep in mind this concept of change and progression. He must never accept his limitations as being permanent, because they are not.

A runner must run with dreams in his heart.

It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.