If marathoners finish they win.

The most important thing I learned [from running] is that there is only one runner in this race, and that is me.

We who run...are different from those who merely study us. We are out there experiencing what they are trying to put into words.

The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life.

Play is where life lives

For every runner who tours the world running marathons, there are thousands who run to hear leaves and listen to rain and look to the day when it all is suddenly as easy as a bird in flight.

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.