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

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

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

I run to see who has the most guts.

What kind of crazy nut would spend two or three hours a day just running?

Don't let fatigue make a coward of you.