Spend at least some of your training time, and other parts of your day, concentrating on what you are doing in training and visualizing your success.

I tried to keep it secret, but the story got into the newspapers. It was more difficult for my family, who couldn't understand why the media wouldn't leave me in peace.

You've got to look for tough competition. You've got to want to beat the best.

Exercise and sports are greatly affected by what goes into the mind, and the mind is greatly affected by sports and exercise as well. This is true among exercisers at all levels, despite their different goals. A major element in mental training is visualization ... Visualizing a positive outcome can create a pattern of success, as long as you set realistic and specific goals.

Some people feel 'transformed' from the first day they begin running; others feel that it's just plain hard work. Most of us realize it is both. I know how great running can feel, but I also know it can feel not so great, even downright awful! It can be fun, but it takes work to have that fun.

The worst injury I ever had was a stress fracture from running.

What Fred Lebow went through was an inspiration for me. You have to set goals for yourself.