Endurance? You've only got to get out there and do it. Face up to it: man was meant to run.

Great people and great athletes realize early in their lives their destiny, and accept it. Even if they do not consciously realize the how, the where, the what.

Thus I urge you to go onto your greatness if you believe it is in you. Think deeply and separate what you wish from what you are prepared to do.

While a man is racing he must hate himself and his competitors.

I'm not interested in athletics, I'm only interested in achievement. Fix your goal and work for it.

If the coach cannot do it, he cannot 'teach' it-only talk about it.

Fail, it's not in my dictionary. I've got a good dictionary up there and the words 'fail' and 'failure' have been ruled out for years. I don't know what people are talking about who use that word. All I do know is temporary non-success, even if I've got to wait another 20 years for what I'm after, and I try to put that into people, no matter what their object in life.