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

Running makes you an athlete in all areas of life...trained in the basics, prepared for whatever comes, ready to fill each hour and deal with the decisive moment.

Because until we write it down, we don't know what is actually at the root of our lives.

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.

The difference between a jogger and a runner is an entry blank.

Like everyone else, I want to be challenged. I want to find out whether or not I am a coward. I want to see how much effort I can put out . . . what I can endure . . . if I measure up. Running allows that.

Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing.