I want my time spent running to serve as a reward.

It is not the time spent with the child at their activity that is going to produce the highest level athlete. It is in supporting the child in an organized activity so the child can find what they truly like to do and let them go.

When you first run up First Avenue in New York, if you don't get goose bumps, theres something wrong with you.

Numbers don't lie. You always seem to remember your workouts as being a little better than they were. It's good to go back and review what you do.

I admire runners older than I - they are now my heroes. I want to be like them as I grow older.

The potential elite runner must realize that hard means hard, easy means easy and they must patiently seek out what combinations work for them. They have to learn to be persistent and patient with their training and racing.

I started in law school in '71 and graduated in '74. So I was training for the Olympics, running or averaging around 20 miles a day and going to law school full time.