My running was very simple; it was out of myself.

If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.

An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.

A runner must run with dreams in his heart.

There is a great advantage in training under unfavorable conditions. It is better to train under bad conditions, for the difference is then a tremendous relief in a race.

It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.

I was not talented enough to run and smile at the same time

Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater.

Why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to learn to run fast.

Men, today we die a little.

Try for a goal that's reasonable, then gradually raise it.

Seventy years of life is nothing in front of a single day of death

The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so they put out a lot of disinformation about nuclear power.

People often remain in the dark, not due to lack of light but of failure to open their eyes.

I'm kind of a nervous person in general. I'm socially awkward. I'm not tall and sensuous. I usually wear sweats everywhere I go. Oh, and I burp a lot.

The stupider the regime the more intelligent the people get and the more humorous.

My main reader was my wife Sheila, and I haven't written a lot since she died.

If the empire of superstition and hypocrisy should be overthrown, happy indeed will it be for the world; but if all religion and morality should be over-thrown with it, what advantage will be gained?

My mother had lived in London since I was little, so she never got to see my school plays and stuff.

If you do not decide to be happy, very few people can make you happy. If you decide to be happy, very few people can make you unhappy.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.