Some runners judge performance by whether they won or lost. Others define success or failure by how fast they ran. Only you can judge your performance. Avoid letting others sit in judgment of you.

It is not so much that I began to run, but that I continued.

Even when you have gone as far as you can, and everything hurts, and you are staring at the specter of self-doubt, you can find a bit more strength deep inside you, if you look closely enough.

It can be said that the first half of the marathon is 20 miles long; the second half, 6.2 more.

In the big city, if the man next door happens to be a slum landlord, a Mafia bag man, or a long distance runner, what does it matter, as long as he puts his garbage out on Tuesdays?

The difference between the mile and the marathon is the difference between burning your fingers with a match and being slowly roasted over hot coals.

There is no such thing as an average runner. We are all above average.