But it is nice to know that you have other races lined up, because sometimes you can get so focused on your next marathon that it can become kind of unhealthy in some ways. So it's nice to have something else to slap you in the face and say, all right, there is life after the Olympics.

I'd want to have the power of mind control. If I had that one skill you'd always see at the bank loading up bags full of cash.

I think some of the most celebrated moments in human achievement should be those times when everything is going against a person and they are down in the dumps but they simply choose to get up. That's real greatness!

But it is nice to know that you have other races lined up, because sometimes you can get so focused on your next marathon that it can become kind of unhealthy in some ways. So it's nice to have something else to slap you in the face and say, all right, there is life after the Olympics.

I don't go to the start line expecting to win. I go to the start believing this could be the day when incredible things happen

I don't know how you keep the world record holder off your team.

More than the time, it's about how you feel - you want to be strong throughout the race.