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

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.

Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.

Life is a positive-sum game. Everyone from the gold medallist to the last finisher can rejoice in a personal victory.

Life is the greatest experiment. Each of us is an experiment of one-observer and subject-making choices, living with them, recording the effects.

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

Running is just such a monastery- a retreat, a place to commune with God and yourself, a place for psychological and spiritual renewal.