To all the cynics, I'm sorry for you. I'm sorry you can't believe in miracles. This is a great sporting event and hard work wins it.

It's tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There's tension, there's media. I had no idea what I was getting into.

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.

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'.

Pain is temporary. Eventually it will subside. If I quit, however, the surrender stays with me.

Made plenty of mistakes along the way - all of which I am truly sorry.

Marathons are hard because of the physical pain, the pounding on the muscles, joints, tendons.