We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up or fight like hell.

Evan Handler is a man who’s looked into the abyss and laughed. His book, It’s Only Temporary, made me laugh along with him. He covers love, lust, showbiz, triumph, and despair – and he manages to be both funny and inspiring about all of it. It’s an important book that I think can help to spread goodness around the world. Something we desperately need.

It's simple. Success comes from training harder, living better and digging deeper than the others.

I don't think anybody else from my generation had federal agents standing at their door with a badge and a gun, saying: 'You are going to answer my questions'.

What makes a great endurance athlete is the ability to absorb potential embarrassment, and to suffer without complaint.

My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough.

What athletes do may not be that healthy, the way we push our bodies completely over the edge to the degrees that are not human. I've said all along that I will not live as long as the average person.