I run each day to preserve the self I attained the day before and to secure the self yet to be.

If marathoners finish they win.

The true runner is a very fortunate person. He has found something in him that is just perfect.

Success rests with having the courage and endurance and, above all, the will to become the person you are, however peculiar that may be. Then you will be able to say, I found my hero and he is me.

To keep from decaying, to be a winner, the athlete must accept pain - not only accept it, but look for it, live with it, learn not to fear it.

The mind's first step to self-awareness must be through the body.

The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit