What do you do after you are world-famous and nineteen or twenty and you have sat with prime ministers, kings and queens, the Pope? Do you go back home and take a job? What do you do to keep your sanity? You come back to the real world.

I would be disappointed if I were remembered as a runner because I feelthat my contribution to the youth of America has far exceeded the woman who was the Olympic champion.

I don't know why I run so fast. I just run.

Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.

When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.

Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.

I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.