We may think there is willpower involved, but more likely...change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am now.

Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.

The mind's first step to self-awareness must be through the body.

The true runner is a very fortunate person. He has found something in him that is just perfect.

The runner is coming to know, or will know if he runs enough...that the universe is the smallest divisible unit.

Running is just such a monestary-- a retreat, a place to commune with God and yourself, a place for psychological and spiritual renewal.

For every runner who tours the world running marathons, there are thousands who run to hear the leaves and listen to the rain, and look to the day when it is suddenly as easy as a bird in flight.

The jump toward joy encompasses your life with boundless energy.

The wrong kind of praise creates self-defeating behavior. The right kind motivates students to learn.

People tethered to God by faith can let themselves go because they know they will get themselves back.

A man's ideal woman is the one he couldn't get.

He alone is great who turns the voice of the wind into a song made sweeter by his own loving.

Individuals don't build great companies, teams do.

Football is the No. 1 sport in America.

Sometimes you've got to just commit to the idea and press forward and trust that you made the right decision.

I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason.

Matt Damon is a great actor, and he's from Boston, so we've got a few things in common. I've seen him throw a football, though. He definitely needs to work on that.