Being an athlete is a state of mind which is not bound by age, performance or place in the running pack.

Our bodies crave exercise, and reward us in so many ways when we do so.

A lifestyle change begins with a vision and a single step.

We are designed to run and we increase our chance of daily happiness when we do so.

The marathon is a competition between your will and your possibilities

To finish will leave you feeling like a champion and positively change your life.

The more you frame the marathon as a stressful experience, the more negative messages you'll receive. But it's just as easy to frame it as a positively challenging journey.

The most important force inside you for feeling better all the time is the will to get more fit.

When I finish a run, every part of me is smiling.

Everyone has stress. A good run may not erase it, but it can reduce the effect and allow runners to gain control.

There's an old adage that for every second too fast per mile in the first half of the race, you'll run at least 2 seconds slower at the end.

But by far the worst thing we do to males--by making them feel they have to be hard--is that we leave them with very fragile egos. The harder a man feels compelled to be, the weaker his ego is.

I press my lips hard against hers, tasting her desire, her pain, her love, her confusion. At once I’m in two lives, two worlds, two places.

Garrett Hardin. Parenthood: Right or Privilege? Science Magazine.

It's you. You deserve this. There is a reason this is happening to you.

We're like a Third World country when it comes to some of our election practices.

If I score against Liverpool I will not celebrate.

Old Camels carry young Camels skins to the Market.

Anything I tell you is an alibi for something else." Then let's be quiet together.

When I meet my fans, it's not like meeting a stranger. It's like saying hello to someone that I already know.

Even as regards Earth we are more committed to history than to geography, more committed to time than to space. History is endless. Place is limited.