I forgave Jock Semple his action on Boston race just around the time I got to Heartbreak Hill. I had 24 miles to go and you cannot run 24 miles and stay angry. That's the truth. When we go out and we're mad at our boss or mad at the world, when we run, we get it out of our system.

I said that there's going to come a day in our lives when women's running is as popular and as men's. Looking back, I obviously had a great sense of vision. And I was right.

Talent is everywhere, it only needs the opportunity.

I married the right guy later in life. Roger Robinson is just so wonderful but I was 40 and by that time he had been married and had his family. I realized how dangerous children could truly be. So I feel maternal when I see those women run.

A lack of forgiveness is a waste of time and it's very enriching to forgive and move on but those are things that come with time.

I do forgive people when they get it right, even people who in the past I thought were unforgivable.

Life is for participating, not for spectating.