I don't think you can become an outstanding runner unless you get a certain amount of enjoyment out of the suffering. You have to enjoy absorbing it, controlling it, and - ultimately - overcoming it.

I think there's only one sensible place for a person to be at 5:30 in the morning. That's in bed. And what am I doing? I'm out running. And I completely hate this.

If only more Christians read their bibles there'd be less Christians.

The difference between my world record and many world class runners is mental fortitude. I ran believing in mind over matter.

No child should have to see all that I have seen

You have been blessed to stand on the shoulders of giants. Make sure that someone stands on yours as well. This is the only way of human progress.

By his deeds we know a man.

The poison dart hidden in the raisin tart.

After writing fiction for so long, I like the discovery element of nonfiction, in the sense that when you find the right information, it feels like gold.

Happiness ceases to be a normal condition of being alive, and becomes a goal.

I like to hunt. After baseball, I'll go back and buy some land and do some farming.

With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.

The state of marriage is one that requires more virtue and constancy than any other; it is a perpetual exercise in mortification.

I'm very lucky that I get to make a living out of acting, which is what I love, and the level of attention I receive has sometimes been my own fault and sometimes not been.