Coaches know that a parent publicly scolding his kid after a race will not help the athlete perform better.

Avoid any diet that discourages the use of hot fudge.

Without ice cream there would be darkness and chaos.

No doubt a brain and some shoes are essential for marathon success, although if it comes down to a choice, pick the shoes. More people finish marathons with no brains than with no shoes.

I know runners who have suffered a tick bite and ended up with Lyme disease. Ill take an angry moose any day.

Runners like to train 100 miles per week because it's a round number. But I think 88 is a lot rounder.

Grizzly bears eat people without the benefit of music.

We (ultra runners) alternate between depression and stupidity.

There's no such thing as a bad carbohydrate.

A good teammate is someone willing to get outside of personal thoughts and emotions, a friend who tries to understand, appreciate, and encourage other members of the team.

Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner.

IF SOMEONE KEEPS DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOINGTHEY WILL GET BETTER AT IT, BUT.... THEY STILL WON'T BE BETTER THEN YOU!KEEP PUSHING!

If you say anything, it just gets worse.

You can't keep the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can keep them from nesting in your hair.

Only tears can understand the joy of sorrow.

How can I ever repay you for what you've given me? A daily opportunity to change the world for the better simply by spending time with the person I love the most.

The vertical thinker says: 'I know what I am looking for.' The lateral thinker says: 'I am looking but I won't know what I am looking for until I have found it.'

For women, the best aphrodisiacs are words. The G-spot is in the ears. He who looks for it below there is wasting his time.

In these times I don't, in a manner of speaking, know what I want; perhaps I don't want what I know and want what I don't know.

Where I am now, you're very much at everybody else's mercy. You have no control over your career in a lot of ways. It's just important to know what your own goals are, because that's empowering.

I met her last summer on a moonlight boat trip.