As I've been able to once again gain the benefits of speed work, I'm enjoying my running more and more.

To put it another way, Michael Jordan was a gym rat.

I think he had a wake-up call. It's a different kind of race, and I think maybe he didn't take it quite as seriously as he might have, but you can bet he learned a lot of lessons.

You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming.

I admire runners older than I - they are now my heroes. I want to be like them as I grow older.

You have to know your body. It's part of the beauty of the training process, and once you've determined how much your body and mind can take, you can then begin to reach your potential.

Running a marathon is just like reading a good book. After a while you're just not conscious of the physical act of reading.

Yes, winning the gold medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career - mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience.

A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time.

Why couldn't Pheidippides have died at 20 miles?

Be willing to move forward and find out what happens next.

Discover what you need to do to make your life have meaning.

Your mind is filled with ample secret abilities not known to you, keep it active by shutting down disbelieve.

To think, to think, even with a split second left - to think was the only hope.

Cherchez la femme" is good advice for investigative reporters. "Follow the money" is even better advice.

If you wake up / And the day feels broken / Just lean into the crack

A God. The God. One word can make all the difference in the world.

One does not greet the Queen of the Seelie Court with the barbarous human 'hello'.

You've got to do some work now. Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue. Virtue is about moral excellence.

It's always hard to talk about the culture that you are from, especially with Islam, it is a very sensitive subject and I don't want to be seen to be adding to the problems of Islam and the west.

I tend to not try and listen to a lot of other artists while I'm writing, because if I hear something that's brilliant.