In America with the Olympics when you not only have a medal but a gold medal all of a sudden people come out of the wood work and you're treated a little bit differently. I guess that's where my personality is, that's where I just can't get used to all this.

A run has never returned me exactly the same. I go, I grow.

Running is always an exercise in humility.

It's easy to lose sight of God when life is sweet and easy, but there is something awesome about despair, and it is the closeness of God when we are at our weakest.

What I have learned about the sport of cycling is that you have to love it to do it because you're not going to retire off of it.

Disappointment is a sticky one, because no one can steal contentment, joy, gratitude, or peace - we have to give it away.

I think that with some education there are real possibilities at the high school and college level, but more so at the college level, to bring people into cycling.