Being in school is the best place to be if you are an athlete because you can structure your own time.

To put it another way, Michael Jordan was a gym rat.

I think he had a wake-up call. It's a different kind of race, and I think maybe he didn't take it quite as seriously as he might have, but you can bet he learned a lot of lessons.

You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming.

I admire runners older than I - they are now my heroes. I want to be like them as I grow older.

You have to know your body. It's part of the beauty of the training process, and once you've determined how much your body and mind can take, you can then begin to reach your potential.

Running a marathon is just like reading a good book. After a while you're just not conscious of the physical act of reading.

Yes, winning the gold medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career - mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience.

A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time.

Why couldn't Pheidippides have died at 20 miles?

Be willing to move forward and find out what happens next.

Peace is not the absence of poverty But the presence of love for beauty

You are called to do a certain work – do it

She got me to crack open the window to my soul, and I really don't want to slam it down on her fingers just yet.

When we feel powerless in a hostile world we can at least practice quelling the enmity in our minds.

Sometimes people go to a yoga class and think it's not for them, but it might just not be the right studio or teacher - try a new one!

The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.

God is diverse and inclusive, not limited and exclusive. You're thinking of a Country Club.

If you have worries, there is no better way to eliminate them than by walking them off. Just take them out for a walk. They may take wings and fly away!

Cultural anthropology is not valuable because it uncovers the archaic in the psychological sense. It is valuable because it is constantly rediscovering the normal.

It don't make sense: either you a soldier from the start, Or a actor with a record deal tryin' to play the part.