A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.

I run to see who has the most guts.

Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.

What I want is to be number one.

I don't just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting.

My philosophy is that I'm an artist. I perform an art not with a paint brush or a camera. I perform with bodily movement. Instead of exhibiting my art in a museum or a book or on canvas, I exhibit my art in front of the multitudes.

Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.