The answer to the big questions in running is the same as the answer to the big questions in life: Do the best with what you've got.

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

Some think guts is sprinting at the end of a race. But guts is what got you there to begin with. Guts start back in the hills with 6 miles to go and you're thinking of how you can get out of this race without anyone noticing. Guts begin when you still have forty minutes of torture left and you're already hurting more than you ever remember.

Anything that changes your values changes your behaviour.

Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not.

We may think there is willpower involved, but more likely... change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am now.

It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.