Running in the morning has me appreciate all the choices that come later in the day. The choices I make after running seem healthier, wiser and kinder.

A goal is just an awesome way to force growth on yourself.

When you have the enthusiasm and the passion, you end up figuring how to excel.

Run in places you love with people you like. Enjoying your surroundings and training partners will strengthen your commitment to running and bring out the best in you.

Sometimes the moments that challenge us the most, define us.

We all know that if you run, you are pretty much choosing a life of success because of it.

I've always taken the philosophy that you have to dream a little in this sport. If you stay in your comfort zone, you're not going to do anything special.

One step at a time, I get to make positive choices to fulfill my dreams.

I love challenges and hurdles because they are opportunities.

I simply adore the exhaustion that comes with training hard.

As athletes, we have ups and downs. Unfortunately, you can't pick the days they come on.

He feels the word close enough to absorb it

I don't let birdies and pars get in the way of having a good time

Letter-writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company.

Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else.

I lost my moral compass and I have done terrible things that I very much regret.

If you try to shut down your angel guidance, that's the path to feeling unhappy and results in addiction.

I'm not really a blockbuster, I'm not a member of that audience really.

An artist is an explorer.

I monitor the food my players eat on a Friday night. It's no good if they've had two vindaloos and a kebab.

We human beings grow through our failures, not our virtues.