Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself.

There's a complete difference between training for a specific event and goal and just training.

A good mentor offers directions and driving tips from the back seat. You still have to drive the car.

Your problems pale in comparison with those of the millions of people in the world who do not have enough to eat.

All my life I believed I became an athlete through my own determination, but it's impossible to think that being descended from slaves hasn't left an imprint through the generations.

The only thing you can never change is your values.

That first peak is the best place to pause and look back, to see if you took the easiest route, to learn the lessons from the first climb. And it is the best place to examine the terrain ahead, to change your plans and goals, to take a deep breath and begin climbing again.