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

What I like most about track is the feeling I get after a good run.

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

A race is a work of art.

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?'

You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.

You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.