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.

There are as many reasons for running as there are days in a year.... But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child.

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

Once you have decided that winning isn't everything, you become a winner.

There is nothing more certain than the defeat of the man who gives up.

Like everyone else, I want to be challenged. I want to find out whether or not I am a coward. I want to see how much effort I can put out . . . what I can endure . . . if I measure up. Running allows that.

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