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.

To know you are one with what you are doing, to know that you are a complete athlete, begins with believing you are a runner.

Exercise: you don't have time not to

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

People begin running for any number of motives, but we stick to it for one basic reason-to find out who we really are.

There are those of us who are always about to live. We are waiting until things change, until there is more time, until we are less tired, until we get a promotion, until we settle down / until, until, until. It always seems as if there is some major event that must occur in our lives before we begin living.

Sweat cleanses from the inside. It comes from places a shower will never reach.