Fitness has to be fun. If it is not play there will be no fitness. Play, you see, is where the process. Fitness is merely the product.

Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse.

There is no substitute for learning to live in our bodies.

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

To make your life a work of art, you must have the material to work with. The race, any race, is just such an experience.

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

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