I like to make something beautiful when I run ... it's style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative.

A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.

If he's having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 meters... nobody except me.

I run to see who has the most guts.

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

No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.

The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.