I was running since I was 10. Since grade one at school people looked at me and thought, oh gosh she can really run, she's a natural.

You got to try and reach for the stars or try and achieve the unreachable.

Between 1991 and 1997 I had really serious asthma.

This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance.

Realise there is always somebody else in the World who's not coping as well as you are.

Disappointment and adversity can be catalysts for greatness. There's something particularly exciting about being the hunter, as opposed to the hunted. And that can make for powerful energy.

I like looking feminine and I enjoy being a role model. I enjoy being a woman. It all comes down to having the confidence to be who you are.

I am very determined and the sport is my passion. I believe I am born for running.

Peace, unity and harmony!

I think the greatest amount of pressure is the pressure I place on myself. So in a way I chose to be alone.

My story has resonated around the world. I am just Catherine, I just like to run. And I'll run with opportunities.

Everyone helping out was supposed to make me feel better, but it actually made me feel more like a screw up.

I can't change you and you can't change me, but together we can work to change the world.

I started modeling at 28. I'm 5-feet-7 1/2, and I never went on a diet. I followed what my doctor told me: 'It's good to have a little bit of fat. Your weight is fine. Don't go any lighter.'

Unless and until Barack Obama addresses the full depth of Americans' anger with his full arsenal of policy smarts and political gifts, his presidency and, worse, our economy will be paralyzed.

The plain rule is to do nothing in the dark, to be a party to nothing underhanded or mysterious, and never to put his foot where he cannot see the ground.

I like to do what I do in my house and I love to play shows, but I don't want to have to go out and talk to a bunch of people I don't know.

Well, you can, but tell you this, that when you've got an economy that is growing at 4.9% it is the fastest growth over the last 12 months we've seen in 20 years.

People have always thought of me as a passer of the ball, but you can't just be that these days.

The demise of the monolithic record industry has been, for a lot of people, really liberating and emancipating.

In the beginning, I didnt dance that much and stuff.