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.

Every once in a while I think, 'What am I doing out here running, busting myself up? Life could be so much easier. The other guys are out having fun, doing other things, why not me?'

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

A race is a work of art.

Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run

I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it.

I can endure more pain then anyone you've met. That's why I win, because I can endure more pain.