Don't listen to negative influences. Believe in yourself, and show others what you can do. Only "you" can find your potential.
Marla RunyanIf all you do is make excuses, then that is how people see you. Make your strengths visible.
Marla RunyanI think what I represent is achieving what you want in life. It's a matter of your attitude. Some people have a negative attitude, and that's their disability.
Marla RunyanThere is a big difference to someone being born with vision loss, to a kid having vision loss, to a senior having macular degeneration and losing their sight.
Marla RunyanIf you want to be known for whom you are as a person, then your responsibility it to make your qualities more visible. I believe if you don't you are becoming a victim.
Marla RunyanIt was a very strange, disappointing race in that no one wanted to take it out. That's why I took the lead. I wanted some people to run the real distance and that was frustrating. So I took the pace around the second lap, which in some ways is suicidal...but I wanted the pace to be honest.
Marla Runyan