Every athlete has doubts. Elite runners in particular are insecure people. You need someone to affirm that what you are doing is right.

I succeed on my own personal motivation, dedication, and commitment. My mindset is: If I'm not out there training, someone else is.

Running reminded me exactly who I am and what I am made of.

Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.

The freedom of Cross Country is so primitive. It's woman vs. nature.

Determination is like a muscle. If you do not use it regularly, it fades away.

The footing was really atrocious. I loved it. I really like Cross Country; you're one with the mud.

You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.

If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love's reach.

Patience is not the ability to wait but how you act while you are waiting.

In South Africa, success never presented the problems that it presents in New York. In New York, if you happen to be the flavor of the month, a lot of nonsense comes with it into your life.

Man is made to create, from the poet to the potter.

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course.

I find it best to dive right in and learn the hard way.

I’ve questioned everything about myself, every step of the way. You have to have the same amount of fear and self-doubt as you do hope and blind optimism.

I am always reading, always, and tons of things at once. I wouldn't say I'm a voracious reader, though. I never finish books that fast, because I'm always reading so many things at once.

Christ hath told us He will come, but not when, that we might never put off our clothes, or put out the candle.