Running gives freedom. When you run you can determine your own tempo. You can choose your own course and think whatever you want. Nobody tells you what to do.

During the winter, you head out into the darkness for a run. When spring comes, and the first crocus pokes up its head...you know it was worthwhile.

I've always felt running is a form of meditation. Running enables us to stop our lives, to go out and find a safe place for ourselves.

I have always sensed the exhilaration and independence of being self-propelled. Besides, you can jog while pushing a baby carriage. Maybe I'm a product of Wonder Woman comic books

Are you truly dirty if you don't take a shower every day? No, but you feel that way. It's the same with running. Just like a shower, running is part of my daily life.

Love is a magnetic force, you can't see it, but it can pull you toward the beloved.

I had a dream about you

There's no such thing as a sure thing. That's why they call it gambling.

If you force yourself to smile, within a couple minutes, you feel happy.

Nowhere in the world can you find a wider variety of empty calories than at any American convenience store.

I learned not to confuse 'busy' with 'productive,' but I'm still far too addicted to email to resist its early-morning digital snuggles.

I gravitated toward being a funny guy. I liked the radio comedians. I lived in the Golden Age of radio, and the Golden Age of television came along when I was still in my early teens.

Teach me, my God and king In all things thee to see And what I do in anything To do it as for thee

Baseball's rich in wonderful statistics, but it's hard to find one more beautiful than Stan Musial's hitting record. He didn't care where he was, he just hit.

The poem is not a physical body. It's a textual body that has life only insofar as it can act symbolically. It cannot physically act.