I always said a prayer before I ran, and my prayer was to win. My prayer was that God would allow me to run my best on that day, or better than my best. So whatever the outcome is, I have to be satisfied with it if I know I gave it my best effort.

It's not what other people believe you can do, it's what you believe.

My grandma passed away at 98 1/2 and I want to live to 100. I want to be able to do what I can do even at 100.

Whenever faced with a challenge, I dig deep within myself and summon my spiritual and physical forces. This gives me the focus, determination, perseverance, and support I need to succeed.

It's totally different now, traveling to different meets and different cities and actually being able to enjoy the cities I'm in.

My life is a blessing every day that I get up. God saved my feet. How am I not going to use them?

People see me now and ask if I'm still running. I may look like I am, but I'm really not. People think I still run every day but I ran for 25 years and I deserve to not do anything but walk or ride the bike with my kids.