If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.

Triumph over adversity that's what the marathon is all about. Nothing in life can't triumph after that

I could feel my anger dissipating as the miles went by--you can't run and stay mad!

Life is for participating, not for spectating.

If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.

I don't have any kids of my own, quite by choice. There are two reasons for that. One, I had a sense of obligation for what my life would be and a vision of how to get that accomplished and it didn't include children. It's not that I don't like them, it's just that if you have them, they deserve 100 per cent of your attention.

Jock Semple said "Oh the women ran well today the Boston Marathon and they deserve to be in the race." I had to laugh. I said "Well it took us five years but anyway, we're here." It pretty much changed everything.