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 more I run, the more I want to run, and the more I live a life conditioned and influenced and fashioned by my running. And the more I run, the more certain I am that I am heading for my real goal: to become the person I am.

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

Have you ever felt worse after a run?

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

The music of a marathon is a powerful strain, one of those tunes of glory. It asks us to forsake pleasures, to discipline the body, to find courage, to renew faith and to become one's own person, utterly and completely.

I will not last forever. But I am damn well going to know I have been here.