I was a runner who happened to be a Christian. I needed to become a Christian who happened to be a runner.

It took years, honestly, to deal with the disappointment of Beijing.

The best way to become a mentally tough runner is to believe that you're a mentally tough runner

I have my own unique road that has had many exciting ups and heart-breaking downs, but one thing I know is that my journey is not over and the best is yet to come.

I constantly remind myself that resting takes confidence. Anyone can train like a mad man but to embrace rest and to allow all the hard training to come out takes mental strength.

Suffering is an extraordinary teacher.

Nothing is worth your integrity. Not success, not money, not fame. Nothing.

I don't go to the start line expecting to win. I go to the start believing this could be the day when incredible things happen

I want to run every race with a big heart.

More than the time, it's about how you feel - you want to be strong throughout the race.

It takes faith and the courage to risk failure in order to realize one's destiny. Having had my share of failures throughout my career I know that it is well worth the risk.

All levels of ascension involve letting go of things that hold you back.

Romantic love is the most selfish of all emotions.

Poirot: Do not allow Hate into your heart, for it will make a home there. Jackie: If Love cannot live there, Hate works just as well.

The artist who does not feel completely satisfied by elegant lines, by harmonious colors, and by a beautiful succession of chords does not understand the art of music.

To develop our real selves, we need time alone for thought and meditation. To be always giving out and never pumping in, the well runs dry.

The more we spread the word, the further it will go and more it will change!

I find myself more and more relying for a solution of our problems on the invisible hand which I tried to eject from economic thinking twenty years ago.

Anybody who has curly hair knows you don't want it to be brushed out because it becomes a never-ending tangle.

I’d never known that anyone could kiss in English, kiss in apologies.

I just like living in certain atmospheres. Or I just like people as they are.