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.

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.

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 bombarded me with words, of all things, apparently clueless to the fact that the predawn hours rendered me incapable of coherent thought.

There are some men who are consoled by the idea that there are women less attractive than their wives

As we grow older, it becomes difficult to just believe. It's not that we don't want to, but too much has happened and we can't.

A dark cloud is no sign that the sun has lost his light and dark black convictions are no arguments that God has laid aside His mercy.

It is a weak thing to tell half your story, and then ask your friend's advice-a still weaker thing to take it.

Perception is reality, but it may not be actuality, and you have got to be able to keep the difference between that.

If you're going to help somebody, sneak in, sneak out, do what you can. I just sneak along and do my thing and meet wonderful people, some people I've never met, new friends.

I've seen firsthand the terrible consequences of drug abuse. My heart is with all who suffer from addiction and the terrible consequences for their families.

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.

America is an empire that does not wish to be one ; we are easily discouraged from doing what must be done to maintain the global order that allows democracy and prosperity to flourish.