A race is a work of art.

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

No matter how hard you train, Somebody will train harder. No matter how hard you run, Somebody will run harder. No matter how hard you want it, Somebody will want it more, I am Somebody.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.

The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.

Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.

You said I was weak. You said I couldn't do it. Thank you. You gave me everything I needed to prove you wrong.

A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.

If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

I can endure more pain then anyone you've met. That's why I win, because I can endure more pain.

You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.

There was no gentle way around it - hearts would be broken, relationships would be crushed and I was the messenger.

In order to step into our Promised Land we need to cross River Jordan.

A hundred thousand million Stars make one Galaxy; A hundred thousand million Galaxies make one Universe. The figures may not be very trustworthy, but I think they give a correct impression.

Be able to laugh at difficulties.

Every five years, I decide to learn something new.

Well, I was fourteen in Texas. But I looked twenty-five.

To experience spiritual victory, you must depend on God's resources.

At school I got harassed so badly for being too tall, too thin, too pale - too everything that has gotten me where I am now, which is quite ironic.

I can explain all the poems that were ever invented - and a good many that haven't been invented just yet.