I may not be the lithest, the most talented, or have the fastest time in the field, but I have passion and courage, and sometimes that is enough to do something extraordinary.

Fear is gradually replaced by excitement and a simple desire to see what you can do on the day.

Anyone can train hard. Do you have the discipline to recover?

When you're a dreamer, heart break and failure come with the territory, but I can tell you it's worth it, because it's a way of living that is both moving and memorable.

When you recognize that failing doesn't make you a failure, you give yourself permission to try all sorts of things.

Make your race a playground, not a proving ground.

Running is not who I am; it's something I do; it's something I love.

Perfect preparation doesn’t exist. Excellent adaptation does.

By lifting each other up we lift ourselves up

Sometimes we push ourselves. We take a workout and we use it as a way to crack open our shell, let the pain rush in and push out the stagnant wounds of the heart. Sometimes a workout sets you free.

I decided to make the life I want, and put energy into what moves me, and not rely on anyone for approval of my choices.

Delimitation is always difficult. The world is one, life is one. The sweetest and most heavenly of activities partake in some measure of violence - the act of love, for instance; music, for instance.

Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security.

Compassion should be our animating principle when undertaking instruction with children and adults, since they are made in God's image.

Give me a labyrinth to walk and I can usually free my mind.

Drew a mustache on your picture, threw your ring away.

No scoundrel is so stupid as to not find a reason for his vile conduct.

The sky never changes: it is the cloud that is changing.

I am not a cheat and never have been.

To every obstacle oppose patience, perseverance and soothing language.

When told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception; hence his delusion.