If I can get better, why not?

If you come to think of it, you never see deer, dogs and rabbits worrying about their menus and yet they run much faster than humans.

There is a great advantage in training under unfavorable conditions. It is better to train under bad conditions, for the difference is then a tremendous relief in a race.

Men, today we die a little.

If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.

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.

I was unable to walk for a whole week after that, so much did the race take out of me. But it was the most pleasant exhaustion I have ever known.